"The chief prerequisite for a escort is to……" — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
"The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness."
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30 Quotes by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington has 30 quotes on this site.
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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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