Creative Quotations from Lady Marguerite Blessington (1789-1849)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Lady Marguerite Blessington
(1789-1849) born on Sep 01

English "socialite, writer". "She is chiefly remembered for her "Conversations of Lord Byron" and for the intellectual circle which she headed in London."

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

"Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future."

Memory seldom fails when its office is to show us the tombs of our buried hopes.

"The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for errors; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes."

Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "Night Thought Book," 1834."
R:	"In "And I Quote," by Ashton Applewhite, 1992."
A:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
N:	"In "2,715 One-Line Quotations for Speakers, Writers & Raconteurs," by Edward F. Murphy, 1981."
K:	"In "And I Quote," by Ashton Applewhite, 1992."