We might have been - these are but common words, and yet they make the sum of life's bewailing.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
There is a large stock on hand; but somehow or other, nobody's experience ever suits us but our own.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art o social life.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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“I want freedom and I realize that the only way to get it is to quit breaking the law.”
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