... I never will allow myself to form an ideal of any person I desire to see, for disappointment never fails to ensue. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington More Quotes by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington More Quotes From Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Bores: People who talk of themselves, when you are thinking only of yourself. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington borespeoplethinking Grief is, of all the passions, the one that is the most ingenious and indefatigable in finding food for its own subsistence. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington findingspassiongrief You were wise not to waste years in a lawsuit ... he who commences a suit resembles him who plants a palm-tree which he will not live to see flourish. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington wiselawyears A beautiful woman without fixed principles may be likened to those fair but rootless flowers which float in streams, driven by every breeze. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington womenflowerbeautiful The infirmities of genius are often mistaken for its privileges. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington infirmityprivilegegenius Sure there's different roads from this to Dungarvan* - some thinks one road pleasanter, and some think another; wouldn't it be mighty foolish to quarrel for this? - and sure isn't it twice worse to thry to interfere with people for choosing the road they like best to heaven? Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington womenpeoplethinking alas! there is no casting anchor in the stream of time! Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington castingstreamsanchors Mediocrity is beneath a brave soul. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington brave-soulssoulbrave A German writer observes: "The noblest characters only show themselves in their real light. All others act comedy with their fellow-men even unto the grave. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington realcharactermen Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the most pernicious gift to the individuals who compose the talkers instead of the writers in society. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington storytellingpoetimagination We are more prone to murmur at the punishment of our faults than to lament them. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington lamentpunishmentfaults
