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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“We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.”
“I think the thing to remember, though, the next time you hear someone who is really certain that he is on the side of the angels, is that the idea of angels was created by human beings, who are famous for being frequently untrustworthy and occasional.”
| Lance Bass, Musician (1979) |
| Gary Bauer, Public Servant (1946) |
| Ron Carter, Musician (1937) |
| Dick Dale, Musician (1937) |
| Andrew Denton, Comedian (1960) |
| Maynard Ferguson, Musician (1928) |
| Ruth First, Activist (1925) |
| Ana Gasteyer, Comedian (1967) |
| Paul Gleason, Actor (1944) |
| Keith Haring, Artist (1958) |
| David Hackworth, Soldier (2005) |
| Joseph Joubert, Writer (1824) |