Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Letitia Elizabeth Landon, English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth14 August 1802
buds fragrant harvest honey whose yield
A brier rose whose buds yield fragrant harvest for the honey bee.
sweeping assertion
All sweeping assertions are erroneous.
kindness sometimes praise
Praise is sometimes a good thing for the diffident and the despondent. It teaches them properly to rely on the kindness of others.
applause
anybody's applause is better than nobody's.
kindness people eating
It is curious how inseparable eating and kindness are with some people.
fame
Fame is bought by happiness.
dating want seems
marriage is like money - seem to want it, and you never get it.
idols strange fame
It is strange what society will endure from its idols.
curiosity courtesy variance
Curiosity and courtesy are very often at variance.
misery paint
There are words to paint the misery of love, but none to paint its happiness ...
right-place
A friend is never alarmed for us in the right place.
golden moderation enjoyment
Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.
affection habit
affection is a habit.
ears flattery praise
Alas! the praise given to the ear Ne'er was nor ne'er can be sincere.