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Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power. Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: The one thing that reconciles me to the fact of being a woman is the reflection that it delivers me from the necessity of being married to one. The one thing that reconciles me to the fact of being a woman is the reflection that it delivers me from the necessity of being married to one.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: We should ask, not who is the most learned, but who is the best learned. We should ask, not who is the most learned, but who is the best learned.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations. I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: It has all been most interesting. It has all been most interesting.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me. But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: As marriage produces children, so children produce care and disputes; and wrangling. As marriage produces children, so children produce care and disputes; and wrangling.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Whatever is clearly expressed is well wrote. Whatever is clearly expressed is well wrote.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: It goes far towards reconciling me to being a woman, when I reflect that I am thus in no danger of ever marrying one. It goes far towards reconciling me to being a woman, when I reflect that I am thus in no danger of ever marrying one.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Nature is seldom in the wrong, custom always. Nature is seldom in the wrong, custom always.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: To be reasonable one should never complain but when one hopes redress. To be reasonable one should never complain but when one hopes redress.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind. There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: I am afraid we are little better than straws upon the water; we may flatter ourselves that we swim, when the current carries us along. I am afraid we are little better than straws upon the water; we may flatter ourselves that we swim, when the current carries us along.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: You can be pleased with nothing if you are not pleased with yourself. You can be pleased with nothing if you are not pleased with yourself.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds. I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: I am in perfect health, and hear it said I look better than ever I did in my life, which is one of those lies one is always glad to I am in perfect health, and hear it said I look better than ever I did in my life, which is one of those lies one is always glad to hear.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Life is too short for a long story. Life is too short for a long story.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: In short I will part with anything for you but you. In short I will part with anything for you but you.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise. I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone! People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide,- In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too near that comes to be denied. Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide,- In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too near that comes to be denied.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Begin nothing without considering what the end may be. Begin nothing without considering what the end may be.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words. True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: I have often observ'd the loudest Laughers to be the dullest Fellows in the Company. I have often observ'd the loudest Laughers to be the dullest Fellows in the Company.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: People never write calmly but when they write indifferently. People never write calmly but when they write indifferently.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: A woman, till five-and-thirty, is only looked upon as a raw girl, and can possibly make no noise in the world till about forty. A woman, till five-and-thirty, is only looked upon as a raw girl, and can possibly make no noise in the world till about forty.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: General notions are generally wrong. General notions are generally wrong.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Lord Bacon makes beauty to consist of grace and motion. Lord Bacon makes beauty to consist of grace and motion.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Copiousness of words, however ranged, is always false eloquence, though it will ever impose on some sort of understandings. Copiousness of words, however ranged, is always false eloquence, though it will ever impose on some sort of understandings.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: If it were the fashion to go naked, the face would be hardly observed. If it were the fashion to go naked, the face would be hardly observed.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Miserable is the fate of writers: if they are agreeable, they are offensive; and if dull, they starve. Miserable is the fate of writers: if they are agreeable, they are offensive; and if dull, they starve.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: My chief study all my life has been to lighten misfortunes and multiply pleasures, as far as human nature can. My chief study all my life has been to lighten misfortunes and multiply pleasures, as far as human nature can.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise. People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: And we meet, with champagne and a chicken, at last. And we meet, with champagne and a chicken, at last.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: My health is so often impaired that I begin to be as weary of it as mending old lace; when it is patched in one place, it breaks out in My health is so often impaired that I begin to be as weary of it as mending old lace; when it is patched in one place, it breaks out in another.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: One can never outlive one's vanity. One can never outlive one's vanity.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: To always be loved one must ever be agreeable. To always be loved one must ever be agreeable.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife. The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: The knowledge of numbers is one of the chief distinctions between us and the brutes. The knowledge of numbers is one of the chief distinctions between us and the brutes.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: The most romantic region of every country is that where the mountains unite themselves with the plains or lowlands. The most romantic region of every country is that where the mountains unite themselves with the plains or lowlands.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: It's all been very interesting. It's all been very interesting.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind. While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune. No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts. We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Remember my unalterable maxim, When we love, we always have something to say. Remember my unalterable maxim, When we love, we always have something to say.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Civility costs nothing and buys everything Civility costs nothing and buys everything
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Only a mother knows a mother's fondness. Only a mother knows a mother's fondness.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly. A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Forgive what you can't excuse ... Forgive what you can't excuse ...
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Gardening is certainly the next amusement to reading. Gardening is certainly the next amusement to reading.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: It was formerly a terrifying view to me that I should one day be an old woman. I now find that Nature has provided pleasures for every state. It was formerly a terrifying view to me that I should one day be an old woman. I now find that Nature has provided pleasures for every state.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: We are apt to consider Shakespeare only as a poet; but he was certainly one of the greatest moral philosophers that ever lived. We are apt to consider Shakespeare only as a poet; but he was certainly one of the greatest moral philosophers that ever lived.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me. There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: As I approach a second childhood, I endeavor to enter into the pleasures of it. As I approach a second childhood, I endeavor to enter into the pleasures of it.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: One would suffer a great deal to be happy. One would suffer a great deal to be happy.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: A face is too slight a foundation for happiness. A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it. I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Men are vile inconstant toads. Men are vile inconstant toads.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet. Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.
Mary Wortley Montagu quotes: Knowing too much is very apt to make us troublesome to other people Knowing too much is very apt to make us troublesome to other people

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