There is no knowledge for which so great a price is paid as a knowledge of the world; and no one ever became an adept in it except at the expense of a hardened or a wounded heart.


The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington (ed. Cambridge University Press, 2012) - ISBN: 9781108048316

Marguerite Gardiner Quotes

There is no knowledge for which so great a price is paid as a knowledge of the world; and no one ever became an adept in it except at the expense of...

There is no knowledge for which so great a price is paid as a knowledge of the world; and no one ever became an adept in it except at the expense of...

There is no knowledge for which so great a price is paid as a knowledge of the world; and no one ever became an adept in it except at the expense of...

There is no knowledge for which so great a price is paid as a knowledge of the world; and no one ever became an adept in it except at the expense of...