Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Quote

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.


Desultory Thoughts and Reflections (1839)


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...

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...

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...

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...