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
wise advice easy
there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted.
summer flower eye
Eyes that droop like summer flowers.
long faces actors
Are we not like the actor of old times, who wore his mask so long his face took its likeness?
winning loses
So much to win, so much to lose, No marvel that I fear to choose.
ignorance way young
But ignorance is happiness,When young Hope is to show the way
flower violet
I do love violets; they tell the history of woman's love.
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.
sleep heart tears
My tears are buried in my heart, like cave-locked fountains sleeping.
strong men despair
Hard are life's early steps; and but that youth is buoyant, confident, and strong in hope, men would behold its threshold, and despair.
sleep angel feet
Alas! we makeA ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolvesLook down upon our slumbering acts.
applause
anybody's applause is better than nobody's.
kindness people eating
It is curious how inseparable eating and kindness are with some people.
class royal wealth
There is no denying that there are 'royal roads' through existence for the upper classes; for them, at least, the highways are macadamized, swept, and watered.