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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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.
Henry Addington, Statesman (1757) |
Hannes Alfven, Scientist (1908) |
Mikhail Bakunin, Revolutionary (1814) |
Jennifer Ellison, Actress (1983) |
Steven Gerrard, Athlete (1980) |
Steve Israel, Politician (1958) |
Robert Casey, Politician (2000) |
Paul Desmond, Musician (1977) |
John B. Keane, Playwright (2002) |