"We never respect those who amuse us, however……" — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
"We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers"
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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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More Amuse Quotes
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'And for my part, Gentlemen,' said I, 'that I may put in for a share, and guess with the rest;…
— Cyrano de Bergerac
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Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork - reading, writing, thinking - can.
— Helen Gurley Brown
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I'm undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair.
— Hillary Clinton
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That one must do some work seriously and must be independent and not merely amuse oneself in life-this our mother…
— Unknown Author
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One set of messages of the society we live in is: Consume. Grow. Do what you want. Amuse yourselves. The…
— Susan Sontag
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... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers…
— Maria Montessori
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Religion has become to many merely a means of doing a little charity work, just to amuse them after a…
— Swami Vivekananda
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True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes…
— Seneca the Elder
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Science can amuse and fascinate us all, but it is engineering that changes the world.
— Isaac Asimov
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I have always done my sketches, as people would say, for the fun of it... I have worked to amuse…
— Aubrey Beardsley
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Don't think you can...know you can! Your human body is the most impressive tool that you will ever own. Even…
— Jeff Hardy
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Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to…
— Joseph de Maistre
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