Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Quote

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


The Governess (1840)


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

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

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

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