Social life is filled with doubts and vain aspirings; solitude, when the imagination is dethroned, is turned to weariness and ennui. Letitia Elizabeth Landon More Quotes by Letitia Elizabeth Landon More Quotes From Letitia Elizabeth Landon When does the mind put forth its powers? when are the stores of memory unlocked? when does wit 'flash from fluent lips?' -- when but after a good dinner? Who will deny its influence on the affections? Half our friends are born of turbots and truffles. Letitia Elizabeth Landon minddoememories To be rude is as good as being clever. Letitia Elizabeth Landon rudeclever The truth is, we like to talk over our disasters, because they are ours; and others like to listen, because they are not theirs. Letitia Elizabeth Landon disastertruth-istrouble youth, balancing itself upon hope, is forever in extremes: its expectations are continually aroused only to be baffled, and disappointment, like a summer shower, is violent in proportion to its brevity. Letitia Elizabeth Landon disappointmentexpectationssummer Good taste is his religion, his morality, his standard, and his test. Letitia Elizabeth Landon moralityteststaste Delicious tears! The heart's own dew. Letitia Elizabeth Landon dewbroken-hearttears Alas! we makeA ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolvesLook down upon our slumbering acts. Letitia Elizabeth Landon angelfeetsleep But ignorance is happiness,When young Hope is to show the way Letitia Elizabeth Landon ignoranceyoungway So much to win, so much to lose, Letitia Elizabeth Landon loseswinning Thou know'st how fearless is my trust in thee. Letitia Elizabeth Landon fearlessconfidencethee Oh, only those whose souls have felt this one idolatry can tell how precious is the slightest thing affection gives and hallows. Letitia Elizabeth Landon affectionsoulgiving In our road through life we may happen to meet with a man casting a stone reverentially to enlarge the cairn of another which stone he has carried in his bosom to sling against that very other's head. Letitia Elizabeth Landon envymaymen Alas! the praise given to the ear Letitia Elizabeth Landon flatterypraiseears I would give worlds, could I believe Letitia Elizabeth Landon givingbelievethinking I never cast a flower away, Letitia Elizabeth Landon carflowerdone The dream on the pillow, Letitia Elizabeth Landon dustseadream How disappointment tracks the steps of hope. Letitia Elizabeth Landon trackdisappointmentsteps Hard are life's early steps; and but that youth is buoyant, confident, and strong in hope, men would behold its threshold, and despair. Letitia Elizabeth Landon despairstrongmen Praise is sometimes a good thing for the diffident and the despondent. It teaches them properly to rely on the kindness of others. Letitia Elizabeth Landon praisekindnesssometimes There is a large stock on hand; but somehow or other, nobody's experience ever suits us but our own. Letitia Elizabeth Landon suitshands
