“No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.”

About Letitia Elizabeth Landon

1802 – 1838

English poet and novelist, who wrote as "L.E.L."

“Methinks adieu / Is cold, when uttered with aught else but tears.”

“Yes ; look thro' the world, and this truth you will find / That, once out of sight, you are soon out of mind.”

“It was not song that taught me love, / But it was love that taught me song.”

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“Nothing will work unless you do.”

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”

“Work is love made visible.”

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

“Well done is better than well said.”

“He that lives upon Hope will die fasting.”