Ocupation: Novelist
Life: September 1, 1789 - June 4, 1849
Birthday: September 1
Death: June 4
One of the most marked characteristics of our day is a reckless neglect of principles, and a rigid adherence to their semblance.
- Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
source: Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.40
topic: Adherence, Principles, Reckless, Semblance