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The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose and the consequences are nearly always the same.Lady Marguerite Blessington
2
Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.Lady Marguerite Blessington
3
Virtue like a dowerless beauty has more admirers than followers.Lady Marguerite Blessington
4
Happiness consists not in having much but in being content with little.Lady Marguerite Blessington
5
Happiness is a rare plant that seldom takes root on earth-few ever enjoyed it except for a brief period the search after it is rarely rewarded by the discovery but there is an admirable substitute for it... a contented spirit.Lady Marguerite Blessington
6
Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.Lady Marguerite Blessington
7
Genius is the gold in the mine talent is the miner that works and brings it out.Lady Marguerite Blessington
8
Borrowed thoughts like borrowed money only show the poverty of the borrower.Lady Marguerite Blessington
9
Mountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached but great men resemble them not in this particular.Lady Marguerite Blessington