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

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Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but... by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess...

Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit.

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Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with... by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess...

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

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There is no cosmetic like happiness by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess...

There is no cosmetic like happiness

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When the sun shines on you, you see your friends. It requires sunshine to be seen by them to advantage!

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We have a reading, a talking, and a writing public. When shall we... by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess...

We have a reading, a talking, and a writing public. When shall we have a thinking?

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There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desi... by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess...

There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in the world.

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Satire, like conscience, reminds us of what we often wish to forg... by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess...

Satire, like conscience, reminds us of what we often wish to forget.

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Conversation is the legs on which thought walks; and writing, the... by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess...

Conversation is the legs on which thought walks; and writing, the wings by which it flies.

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Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of... by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess...

Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.

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A mother's love! O holy, boundless thing! by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess...

A mother's love! O holy, boundless thing!

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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.

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Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the co... by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess...

Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence.

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Society punishes not the vices of its members, but their detectio... by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess...

Society punishes not the vices of its members, but their detection.

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Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and... by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess...

Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.

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People are always willing to follow advice when it accords with t... by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess...

People are always willing to follow advice when it accords with their own wishes.

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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.

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In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex.

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... I never will allow myself to form an ideal of any person I desire to see, for disappointment never fails to ensue.

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Wit is the lightning of the mind, reason the sunshine, and reflec... by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess...

Wit is the lightning of the mind, reason the sunshine, and reflection the moonlight.

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The most certain mode of making people content with us is to make... by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess...

The most certain mode of making people content with us is to make them content with themselves.

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