George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne famous quotes

Whoe'er thou art, thy Lord and master see, Thou wast my Slave, thou art, or thou shalt be.
-- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

#Life #Art #Slave

Beauty should be kind, as well as charm.
-- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

#Beauty #Be Kind #Charm

Patience is the virtue of an ass, who treads beneath his burden and complains not.
-- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

#Patience #Complaining #Ass

Who to a woman trusts his peace of mind, Trusts a frail bark, with a tempestuous wind.
-- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

#Wind #Mind #Bark

Of all the plagues with which the world is curst, Of every ill, a woman is the worst.
-- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

#World #Worst #Ill

Marriage the happiest bond of love might be, If hands were only joined when hearts agree.
-- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

#Marriage #Heart #Hands

There is no heaven like mutual love.
-- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

#Sweet #Heaven #Mutual Love

O Love! thou bane of the most generous souls! Thou doubtful pleasure, and thou certain pain.
-- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

#Pain #Soul #Pleasure

Of all the kind of pains, the greatest pain is to love and to love in vain.
-- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

#Love #Pain #Emotional

Happy the man, of mortals happiest he, Whose quiet mind from vain desires is free; Whom neither hopes deceive, nor fears torment, But lives at peace, within himself content; In thought, or act, accountable to none But to himself, and to the gods alone.
-- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

#Men #Mind #Desire