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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• 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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• There is no cosmetic like happiness

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Cosmetics

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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.

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  Happiness, Roots, Discovery

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

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  Memories, Office, Failing

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

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  Superstitions, Belief

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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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• 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.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Sacrifice, Men, Grace

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• Love in France is a comedy; in England a tragedy; in Italy an opera seria; and in Germany a melodrama.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Love, Tragedy, Germany

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• The future: A consolation for those who have no other.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Future, Consolation

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.73

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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.

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  Sacrifice, People, Effort

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

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  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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• 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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• Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence one wonders how one has been able to stay away from them so long.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Regret, Long, Able

  Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1841). “The Idler in France”, p.33

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• I see little alteration at Lyons since I formerly passed through it. Its manufactories are, nevertheless, flourishing, though less improvement than could be expected is visible in the external aspect of the place.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Littles, Improvement, Flourishing

  Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1841). “The Idler in France”, p.30

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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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• People are always willing to follow advice when it accords with their own wishes.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  People, Advice, Wish

  Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington (1838). “The Confessions of an Elderly Lady”, p.256

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