When the sun shines on you, you see your friends. It requires sunshine to be seen by them to advantage! Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington More Quotes by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington More Quotes From Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington I see little alteration at Lyons since I formerly passed through it. Its manufactories are, nevertheless, flourishing, though less improvement than could be expected is visible in the external aspect of the place. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington flourishing improvement littles A woman's head is always influenced by her heart, but a man's heart is always influenced by his head. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington heart men Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington tyrants fashion dream When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington lapses broken doubt Modern historians are all would-be philosophers; who, instead of relating facts as they occurred, give us their version, or rather perversions of them, always colored by their political prejudices, or distorted to establish some theory . . . Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington prejudice political giving One of the most marked characteristics of our day is a reckless neglect of principles, and a rigid adherence to their semblance. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington reckless adherence principles Men who would persecute others for religious opinions, prove the errors of their own. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington errors religious men A poor man defended himself when charged with stealing food to appease the cravings of hunger, saying, the cries of the stomach silenced those of the conscience. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington poverty cry men To amend mankind, moralists should show them man, not as he is, but as he ought to be. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington mankind should men Pleasure is like a cordial - a little of it is not injurious, but too much destroys. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington pleasure too-much littles People seem to lose all respect for the past; events succeed each other with such velocity that the most remarkable one of a few years gone by, is no more remembered than if centuries had closed over it. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington people past years When we find that we are not liked, we assert that we are not understood; when probably the dislike we have excited proceeds from our being too fully comprehended. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington excited understood understanding Only vain people wage war against the vanity of others. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington vanity war people Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington live-in-the-present wit genius Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington flattery acceptable please Spring is the season of hope, and autumn is that of memory. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington autumn spring memories Love and enthusiasm are always ridiculous, when not reciprocated by their objects. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington ridiculous objects enthusiasm 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 emptiness forgiving independent A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into question. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington causes calling men Those can most easily dispense with society who are the most calculated to adorn it; they only are dependent on it who possess no mental resources, for though they bring nothing to the general mart, like beggars, they are too poor to stay at home. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington poor society home
