Quotes by Marguerite Blessington

When the sun shines on you, you see your friends. Friends are the thermometers by which one may judge the temperature of our fortunes.

— Marguerite Blessington

Friendship

Mountains appear more lofty, the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular.

— Marguerite Blessington

Wisdom

Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the most pernicious gift to the individuals who compose the talkers instead of the writers in society.

— Marguerite Blessington

Wisdom

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

— Marguerite Blessington

Wisdom