Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington - Life Quotes
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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.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Life would be as insupportable without the prospect of death, as it would be without sleep.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Reason dissipates the illusions of life, but does not console us for their departure.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Love-matches are made by people who are content for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
A profound knowledge of life is the least enviable of all species of knowledge, because it can only be acquired by trials that make us regret the loss of our ignorance.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Love matches are formed by people who pay for a month of honey with a life of vinegar.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
