Hours Quotes by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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…

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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

People seem to lose all respect for the past; events succeed each other with such velocity that the most remarkable one of a few…

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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

Listeners beware, for ye are doomed never to hear good of yourselves.

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

There is no cosmetic like happiness

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

Religion converts despair, which destroys, into resignation, which submits.

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

Flowers are the bright remembrances of youth; they waft us back, with their bland odorous breath, the joyous hours that only young life knows,…

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

Spring is the season of hope, and autumn is that of memory.

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

Those who are formed to win general admiration are seldom calculated to bestow individual happiness.

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington