222 Quotes by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Sneering springs out of the wish to deny; and wretched must that state of mind be that wishes to take refuge in doubt.

Of all false assertions that ever went into the world under the banner of a great name and the mail armor of a well-turned phrase, Locke's comparison of the mind to a blank sheet of paper appears to me among the most untrue.

Hopes and regrets are the sweetest links of existence.

Do anything but love; or if thou lovest and art a woman, hide thy love from him whom thou dost worship; never let him know how dear he is; flit like a bird before him; lead him from tree to tree, from flower to flower; but be not won, or thou wilt, like that bird, when caught and caged, be left to pine neglected and perish in forgetfulness.

The rich know not how hard it is to be of needful rest and needful food debarred.

How often, in this cold and bitter world, is the warm heart thrown back upon itself! Cold, careless, are we of another's grief; we wrap ourselves in sullen selfishness.

I have a respect for family pride. If it be a prejudice, it is a prejudice in its most picturesque shape. But I hold it is connected with some of the noblest feelings in our nature.

The fearless make their own way ...

Whatever people in general do not understand, they are al ways prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.