Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Quotes

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

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Inspirational, Acceptance, Poverty

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

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Leer, escribir, pensar

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.56

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

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Vices, Members, Detection

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.12

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

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Writing, Wings, Legs

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.88

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• There is no cosmetic like happiness

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Cosméticos

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

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Ambition, Desire, World

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.29

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• Los prejuicios son las cadenas forjadas por la ignorancia para mantener separados a los hombres.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Ignorance, Men, Racism

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.52

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

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Character, Fruit, Weakness

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.105

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• The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Differences, People, Weakness

  Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.), Edmund Thomas PARRIS (1836). “The Confessions of an Elderly Gentleman. Illustrated by Six Female Portraits, from Drawings by E. T. Parris”, p.167

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

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Happiness, Littles, Being Content

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.13

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• Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Motivation, Grateful, People

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.74

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• ¡El amor de una madre! ¡Oh cosa santa, sin límites!
  ¡Fuente cuyas aguas nunca cesan de brotar!

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Mother, Spring, Water

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

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Sunshine, Reflection, Mind

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.54

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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.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Regret, Ignorance, Loss

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.1

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• Los hombres son capaces de hacer grandes sacrificios, pero no están dispuestos a hacer los menores, de los que depende gran parte de la felicidad de la vida. Los grandes sacrificios rara vez son necesarios, pero los menores lo son a diario, y hacerlos con alegría y gracia aumenta su valor.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Sacrifice, Men, Grace

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• El genio es el oro de la mina, el talento es el minero que trabaja y lo saca a la luz.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Gold, Gifts And Talents, Genius

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• Reason dissipates the illusions of life, but does not console us for their departure.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Departure, Doe, Illusion

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.47

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

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Wish, Forget, Satire

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.68

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

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Sunshine, Shine On, Shining

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• To appear rich, we become poor.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Ricos, Pobres

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.86

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

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Superstitions, Belief

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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, Condesa de Blessington

  Happiness, Roots, Discovery

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• Some people are capable of making great sacrifices, but few are capable of concealing how much the effort has cost them; and it is this concealment that constitutes their value.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Sacrifice, People, Effort

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

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Memories, Office, Failing

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• The future: A consolation for those who have no other.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Condesa de Blessington

  Future, Consolation

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.73

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