The same, yet not the same 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 mind doe memories To be rude is as good as being clever. Letitia Elizabeth Landon rude clever 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 disaster truth-is trouble 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 disappointment expectations summer Good taste is his religion, his morality, his standard, and his test. Letitia Elizabeth Landon morality tests taste Delicious tears! The heart's own dew. Letitia Elizabeth Landon dew broken-heart tears 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 angel feet sleep But ignorance is happiness,When young Hope is to show the way Letitia Elizabeth Landon ignorance young way So much to win, so much to lose, Letitia Elizabeth Landon loses winning Thou know'st how fearless is my trust in thee. Letitia Elizabeth Landon fearless confidence thee 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 affection soul giving Social life is filled with doubts and vain aspirings; solitude, when the imagination is dethroned, is turned to weariness and ennui. Letitia Elizabeth Landon solitude imagination doubt 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 envy may men Alas! the praise given to the ear Letitia Elizabeth Landon flattery praise ears I would give worlds, could I believe Letitia Elizabeth Landon giving believe thinking I never cast a flower away, Letitia Elizabeth Landon car flower done The dream on the pillow, Letitia Elizabeth Landon dust sea dream How disappointment tracks the steps of hope. Letitia Elizabeth Landon track disappointment steps 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 despair strong men 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 praise kindness sometimes
