George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne Professions : Poet Born : March 9, 1666 Died : January 29, 1735 Browse All Authors Top 14 quotes by George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne Of all the kind of pains, the greatest pain is to love and to love in vain. George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne emotional pain love Of all the plagues with which the world is curst, Of every ill, a woman is the worst. George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne worst ill world Whoe'er thou art, thy Lord and master see, George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne slave life art Happy the man, of mortals happiest he, Whose quiet mind from vain desires is free; Whom neither hopes deceive, nor fears torment, But lives at peace, within himself content; In thought, or act, accountable to none But to himself, and to the gods alone. George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne mind desire men Beauty should be kind, as well as charm. George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne charm be-kind beauty Mankind, from Adam, have been women's fools; George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne women devil heaven Who to a woman trusts his peace of mind, Trusts a frail bark, with a tempestuous wind. George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne mind wind peace Marriage the happiest bond of love might be, If hands were only joined when hearts agree. George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne marriage heart love There is no heaven like mutual love. George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne mutual-love sweet heaven O Love! thou bane of the most generous souls! Thou doubtful pleasure, and thou certain pain. George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne generosity pain love Shall Nature, erring from her first command, self-preservation, fall by her own hand? George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne suicide self fall The radiant sun sends from above ten thousand blessings down, nor is he set so high for show alone. George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne thousand blessing sun The virtuous nothing fear but life with shame, George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne shame virtue fame Patience is the virtue of an ass, who treads beneath his burden and complains not. George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne ass complaining patience Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
