WIST Quotations

Blessington, Marguerite -- (Attributed)

Dave — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 18:46:39 +0000

A poor man defended himself when charged with stealing food to appease the cravings of hunger, saying, the cries of the stomach silenced those of the conscience.

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789-1849) Irish novelist [Lady Blessington, b. Margaret Power]
(Attributed)
(Source)

Quoted, without citation, in R. R. Madden, The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington, Vol. 1 (1855).

Blessington, Marguerite -- Country Quarters (1850)

Dave — Thu, 19 May 2016 14:52:09 +0000

Alas! There is no casting anchor in the stream of time!

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789-1849) Irish novelist [Lady Blessington, b. Margaret Power]
Country Quarters (1850)

Blessington, Marguerite -- Desultory Thoughts and Reflections (1839)

Dave — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:07:59 +0000

COSMETICS: There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789-1849) Irish novelist [Lady Blessington, b. Margaret Power]
Desultory Thoughts and Reflections (1839)
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Blessington, Marguerite -- Desultory Thoughts and Reflections (1839)

Dave — Wed, 26 May 2021 20:34:16 +0000

BORES: People who talk of themselves, when you are thinking only of yourself.

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789-1849) Irish novelist [Lady Blessington, b. Margaret Power]
Desultory Thoughts and Reflections (1839)
(Source)

Blessington, Marguerite -- Desultory Thoughts and Reflections (1839)

Dave — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 19:03:04 +0000

We injure ourselves more than our enemies, by indulging hatred towards them.

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789-1849) Irish novelist [Lady Blessington, b. Margaret Power]
Desultory Thoughts and Reflections (1839)
(Source)

Blessington, Marguerite -- Desultory Thoughts and Reflections (1839)

Dave — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:55:19 +0000

The selfish man believes that by closing his heart against his fellows, and centering in self every thought and feeling, he escapes much suffering. But his egotistical calculations are invariably defeated; for his contracted sympathies being all directed to one focus, he so aggravates the ills he endures, that he expends on self along more painful pity than the most enthusiastic philanthropist devotes to mankind.

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789-1849) Irish novelist [Lady Blessington, b. Margaret Power]
Desultory Thoughts and Reflections (1839)
(Source)

Blessington, Marguerite -- The Confessions of an Elderly Lady (1838)

Dave — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:56:29 +0000

People are always willing to follow advice when it accords with their own wishes.

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789-1849) Irish novelist [Lady Blessington, b. Margaret Power]
The Confessions of an Elderly Lady (1838)