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Truth is like the philosopher's stone, a thing not to be discovered. – Letitia Elizabeth Landon Famous Quote	added 2 years ago
Vanity is the real lever with which Archimedes said he could move the earth; – Letitia Elizabeth Landon Famous Quote	added 2 years ago
The past was once the future, and it wrought In the high presence of on-looking thought ; All that we have, was by its efforts brought. – Letitia Elizabeth Landon Famous Quote	added 7 years ago
I like a cat because it does not disguise its selfishness with any flattering hypocrisies. Its attachment is not to yourself, but to your house. Let it but have food, and a warm lair among the embers, and it heeds not at whose expense. Then it has the spirit to resent aggression. You shall beat your dog, and he will fawn upon you; but a cat never forgives : it has no tender mercies, and it torments before it destroys its prey. – Letitia Elizabeth Landon Famous Quote	added 7 years ago
Praise — actual personal praise— oftener frets and embarrasses than it encourages. It is too small when too near. – Letitia Elizabeth Landon Famous Quote	added 7 years ago

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	This was Felicia's last poem, written as she was dying. 12 days ago	View
	This poem is not by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and ought to be removed; It is by Felicia Hemans. I don't know how this error originated but it needs eradicating. 1 month ago	View

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