"[His mind] was like a volcano, full of……" — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
"[His mind] was like a volcano, full of fire and wealth, sometimes calm, often dazzling and playful, but ever threatening. It ran swift as the lightning from one subject to another, and occasionally burst forth in passionate throes of intellect, nearly allied to madness."
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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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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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