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• A German writer observes: "The noblest characters only show themselves in their real light. All others act comedy with their fellow-men even unto the grave.

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  Real, Character, Men

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• Mediocrity is beneath a brave soul.

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  Brave, Soul, Brave Souls

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• Haste is always ungraceful.

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  Haste

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

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  Thinking, People, Bores

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.16

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• Life would be as insupportable without the prospect of death, as it would be without sleep.

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  Sleep, Would Be

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.10

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• Despotism subjects a nation to one tyrant; democracy, to many.

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  Tyrants, Democracy, Despotism

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.39

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• To amend mankind, moralists should show them man, not as he is, but as he ought to be.

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  Men, Should, Mankind

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.110

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• Pleasure is like a cordial - a little of it is not injurious, but too much destroys.

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  Too Much, Littles, Pleasure

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.107

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• The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.

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  Escorting, Chiefs, Politeness

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• Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance.

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  Interesting, Towns, Appearance

  Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1841). “The Idler in France”, p.19

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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, ere we have learnt that this fair earth hides graves.

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  Flower, Remembrance, Earth

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• You were wise not to waste years in a lawsuit ... he who commences a suit resembles him who plants a palm-tree which he will not live to see flourish.

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  Wise, Years, Law

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• When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered.

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  Broken, Doubt, Lapses

  Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1841). “The Idler in France”, p.32

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• Calumny is the offspring of Envy.

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  Calumny Is, Envy, Gossip

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• The infirmities of genius are often mistaken for its privileges.

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  Privilege, Genius, Infirmity

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.31

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• There are some chagrins of the heart which a friend ought to try to console without betraying a knowledge of their existence, as there are physical maladies which a physician ought to seek to heal without letting the sufferer know that he has discovered their extent.

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  Heart, Trying, Physicians

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

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  Winning, Individual Happiness, Admiration

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.19

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