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Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.
Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.
 Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Don't settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That's your location, it's not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
Everything in your life, every experience, every relationship is a mirror of the mental pattern that is going on inside of you.

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A mother's love! O holy, boundless thing! Fountain whose waters never cease to spring!
 Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.
 Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence one wonders how one has been able to stay away from them so long.
 Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex.
 Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable.
 Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington