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.
There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in the world. - Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington
There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in the world.
- Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington
Conversation is the legs on which thought walks; and writing, the wings by which it flies. - Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington
Conversation is the legs on which thought walks; and writing, the wings by which it flies.
Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit. - Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington
Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit.
Memory seldom fails when its office is to show us the tombs of our buried hopes. - Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington
Memory seldom fails when its office is to show us the tombs of our buried hopes.
Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence. - Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington
Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence.
Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart. - Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington
Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.
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
The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.
There is no cosmetic like happiness - Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington
There is no cosmetic like happiness
Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little. - Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington
Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.
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