We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.
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Marguerite Gardiner
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About Marguerite Gardiner
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, was an Irish novelist, journalist, and literary hostess. She became acquainted with Lord Byron in Genoa and wrote a book about her conversations with him.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Marguerite GardinerWe never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.
Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose very names posterity is ignorant?
Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.
Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates.
Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.