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01Undated

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

Lady Marguerite Blessington / quote

02Undated

Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.

Lady Marguerite Blessington / quote

03Undated

Virtue like a dowerless beauty has more admirers than followers.

Lady Marguerite Blessington / quote

04Undated

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

Lady Marguerite Blessington / quote

05Undated

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.

Lady Marguerite Blessington / quote

06Undated

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

Lady Marguerite Blessington / quote

07Undated

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

Lady Marguerite Blessington / quote

08Undated

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

Lady Marguerite Blessington / quote

09Undated

Mountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached but great men resemble them not in this particular.

Lady Marguerite Blessington / quote