Genius Quote by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

“Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future.”

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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A beautiful woman without fixed principles may be likened to those fair but rootless flowers which float in streams, driven by every breeze.

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A woman's head is always influenced by her heart, but a man's heart is always influenced by his head.

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

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There is no cosmetic like happiness

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The beginning of genius is being scared shitless.

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