Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Quotes

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• Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Inspirational, Acceptance, Poverty

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• Conversation is the legs on which thought walks; and writing, the wings by which it flies.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Writing, Wings, Legs

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.88

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• Society punishes not the vices of its members, but their detection.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Vices, Members, Detection

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.12

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• We have a reading, a talking, and a writing public. When shall we have a thinking?

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Reading, Writing, Thinking

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.56

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• Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Ignorance, Men, Racism

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.52

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• Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Character, Fruit, Weakness

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.105

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• The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.

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  Differences, People, Weakness

  Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.), Edmund Thomas PARRIS (1836). “The Confessions of an Elderly Gentleman. Illustrated by Six Female Portraits, from Drawings by E. T. Parris”, p.167

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• There is no cosmetic like happiness

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Cosmetics

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• There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in the world.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Ambition, Desire, World

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.29

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• Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Happiness, Littles, Being Content

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.13

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• Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Motivation, Grateful, People

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.74

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• A profound knowledge of life is the least enviable of all species of knowledge, because it can only be acquired by trials that make us regret the loss of our ignorance.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Regret, Ignorance, Loss

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.1

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• A mother's love! O holy, boundless thing!
  Fountain whose waters never cease to spring!

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Mother, Spring, Water

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• Reason dissipates the illusions of life, but does not console us for their departure.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Departure, Doe, Illusion

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.47

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• Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Gold, Gifts And Talents, Genius

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• Men are capable of making great sacrifices, who are not willing to make the lesser ones, on which so much of the happiness of life depends. The great sacrifices are seldom called for, but the minor ones are in daily requisition; and the making them with cheerfulness and grace enhances their value.

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  Sacrifice, Men, Grace

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• Satire, like conscience, reminds us of what we often wish to forget.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Wish, Forget, Satire

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.68

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• Wit is the lightning of the mind, reason the sunshine, and reflection the moonlight.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Sunshine, Reflection, Mind

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.54

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• When the sun shines on you, you see your friends. It requires sunshine to be seen by them to advantage!

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Sunshine, Shine On, Shining

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• To appear rich, we become poor.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Rich, Poor

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.86

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• Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Superstitions, Belief

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• Some people are capable of making great sacrifices, but few are capable of concealing how much the effort has cost them; and it is this concealment that constitutes their value.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Sacrifice, People, Effort

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• Memory seldom fails when its office is to show us the tombs of our buried hopes.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Memories, Office, Failing

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• Happiness is a rare plant that seldom takes root on earth-few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period; the search after it is rarely rewarded by the discovery, but there is an admirable substitute for it... a contented spirit.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Happiness, Roots, Discovery

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• Grief is, of all the passions, the one that is the most ingenious and indefatigable in finding food for its own subsistence.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Grief, Passion, Findings

  Marguerite Gardiner (countess of Blessington.) (1839). “The governess”, p.230

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