Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington - Seldom Quotes

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Happiness is a rare plant that seldom takes root on earth-few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period; the search after it is rarely rewarded by the discovery, but there is an admirable substitute for it... a contented spirit.

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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

Memory seldom fails when its office is to show us the tombs of our buried hopes.

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

Those who are formed to win general admiration, are seldom calculated to bestow individual happiness.

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

Society seldom forgives those who have discovered the emptiness of its pleasures, and who can live independent of it and them.

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington