"Happiness consists not in having much, but in……" — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
"Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little."
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Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
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30 Quotes by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
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It is a sad thing to look at happiness only through another's eyes.
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Tears fell from my eyes - yes, weak and foolish as it now appears to me, I wept for my…
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Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life…
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The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.
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Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.
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Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.
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Religion converts despair, which destroys, into resignation, which submits.
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In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to…
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There is no magician like love.
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Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that…
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Those who are formed to win general admiration are seldom calculated to bestow individual happiness.
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Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
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Reality simply consists of different points of view.
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
— Saint Augustine
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Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
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The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.
— John Adams
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The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.
— Konrad Adenauer
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The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.
— Sarah Bernhardt
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Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other.…
— Mortimer Adler
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Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man shakes off from itself,…
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Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.
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