We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers. – Marguerite Gardiner
Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious. – Marguerite Gardiner

We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers. – Marguerite Gardiner
Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious. – Marguerite Gardiner
Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose very names posterity is ignorant? – Marguerite Gardiner
Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates. – Marguerite Gardiner
For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to become self-sufficient with respect to wheat production but also paved the way to rapid increase in its production in other countries. – Norman Borlaug