Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Quote

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.


A Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron with the Countess of Blessington (1834)


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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...