There is no knowledge for which so great a price is paid as a knowledge of the world; … - Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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You do realize that the cost of that bracelet is within spitting distance of my going rate as an assassin, right?” “You mean your going rate back when you were actually killing people for money,” Finn said. “Or as I like to call them— the good ole days.

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

There is no knowledge for which so great a price is paid as a knowledge of the world; and no one ever became an adept in it except at the expense of a hardened or a wounded heart.

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Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

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Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit.

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There is no cosmetic like happiness

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Men are capable of making great sacrifices, who are not willing to make the lesser ones, on which so much of the happiness of life depends. The great sacrifices are seldom called for, but the minor ones are in daily requisition; and the making them with cheerfulness and grace enhances their value.

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