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Letitia Elizabeth Landon was an English poet of the Romantic era, celebrated for her romantic verse. Born on August 14, 1802, she was a prominent figure in the literary scene of her time. Her work, often characterized by themes of love, nature, and the passage of time, left a lasting impression on readers and fellow writers. Tragically, her career was cut short when she passed away on October 15, 1838, at the age of 36.

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Famous Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quotes

“it is a curious fact, but one which all experience owns, that people do not desire so much to appear better, as to appear different from what they really are.”

People Thinking Different Facts Desire Curious Wishful Thinking

Book:Romance and Reality

Source: Romance and Reality

“It is curious how inseparable eating and kindness are with some people.”

People Kindness Eating Curious Inseparable

Book:Romance and Reality

Source: Romance and Reality

“English people ... never speak, excepting in cases of fire or murder, unless they are introduced.”

People Speak Cases Fire England Murder

Book:The Book of Beauty: Comprising a Collection of Tales, Poems, &c

Source: The Book of Beauty: Comprising a Collection of Tales, Poems, &c

“It is a curious fact, but a fact it is, that your witty people are the most hard-hearted in the world. The truth is, fancy destroys feeling. The quick eye to the ridiculous turns every thing to the absurd side; and the neat sentence, the lively allusion, and the odd simile, invest what they touch with something of their own buoyant nature. Humor is of the heart, and has its tears; but wit is of the head, and has only smiles - and the majority of those are bitter.”

Source: The Complete Works of L. E. Landon: Containing Romance and Reality, Francesca Carrara, Traits and Trials of Early Life, Ethel Church, the Book of Beauty, Improvisatrice, the Troubadour, Venetian Bracelet, Golden Violet, Vow of the Peacock, Easter Gift, &c., &c

“Nothing more strongly marks the insufficiency of luxuries than the ease with which people grow accustomed to them; they are rather known by their want than by their presence. The word 'blasé' has been coined expressly for the use of the upper classes.”

People Want Has Beens Use Grows Known Class Mark Luxury Ease Accustomed Upper Class Insufficiency

Book:The Works of L. E. Landon: In Two Volumes

Source: The Works of L. E. Landon: In Two Volumes

“I cannot see why a taste for the country should be held so very indispensable a requisite for excellence; but really people talk of it as if it were a virtue, and as if an opposite opinion was, to say the least of it, very immoral.”

People Ifs Should Country Opinion Virtue Taste Opposites Excellence Indispensable Immoral

Book:The Complete Works of L.E. Landon

Source: The Complete Works of L.E. Landon

“to the many, witticisms not only require to be explained, like riddles, but are also like new shoes, which people require to wear many times before they get accustomed to them.”

People Shoes Wit Accustomed Riddle New Shoes

Book:The Complete Works of L.E. Landon

Source: The Complete Works of L.E. Landon