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Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Tis a sort of duty to be rich, 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
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: The one thing that reconciles me to the 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
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: I believe more follies are committed out of I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations. Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: It has all been most interesting. It has all been most interesting. Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: But the fruit that can fall without shaking But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me. Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Whatever is clearly expressed is well wrote. Whatever is clearly expressed is well wrote. Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Nature is seldom in the wrong, custom always. Nature is seldom in the wrong, custom always. Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: There is no remedy so easy as books, 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
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: You can be pleased with nothing if you You can be pleased with nothing if you are not pleased with yourself. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds. I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: I am in perfect health, and hear it 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
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Life is too short for a long story. Life is too short for a long story. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: In short I will part with anything for In short I will part with anything for you but you. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
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Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: People wish their enemies dead - but I People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone! — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide,- 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
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Begin nothing without considering what the end may Begin nothing without considering what the end may be. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words. True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: I have often observ'd the loudest Laughers to I have often observ'd the loudest Laughers to be the dullest Fellows in the Company. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: People never write calmly but when they write People never write calmly but when they write indifferently. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: A woman, till five-and-thirty, is only looked upon 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
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: General notions are generally wrong. General notions are generally wrong. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Lord Bacon makes beauty to consist of grace Lord Bacon makes beauty to consist of grace and motion. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Copiousness of words, however ranged, is always false Copiousness of words, however ranged, is always false eloquence, though it will ever impose on some sort of understandings. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: If it were the fashion to go naked, If it were the fashion to go naked, the face would be hardly observed. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Miserable is the fate of writers: if they Miserable is the fate of writers: if they are agreeable, they are offensive; and if dull, they starve. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: My chief study all my life has been My chief study all my life has been to lighten misfortunes and multiply pleasures, as far as human nature can. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: People are never so near playing the fool People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: And we meet, with champagne and a chicken, And we meet, with champagne and a chicken, at last. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: My health is so often impaired that I 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
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: One can never outlive one's vanity. One can never outlive one's vanity. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: To always be loved one must ever be To always be loved one must ever be agreeable. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: The ultimate end of your education was to The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: The knowledge of numbers is one of the The knowledge of numbers is one of the chief distinctions between us and the brutes. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: The most romantic region of every country is The most romantic region of every country is that where the mountains unite themselves with the plains or lowlands. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: It's all been very interesting. It's all been very interesting. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: While conscience is our friend, all is at While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: No modest man ever did or ever will No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: We are no more free agents than the We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Remember my unalterable maxim, When we love, we Remember my unalterable maxim, When we love, we always have something to say. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Civility costs nothing and buys everything Civility costs nothing and buys everything — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Only a mother knows a mother's fondness. Only a mother knows a mother's fondness. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: A man that is ashamed of passions that 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
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Forgive what you can't excuse ... Forgive what you can't excuse ... — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Gardening is certainly the next amusement to reading. Gardening is certainly the next amusement to reading. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: It was formerly a terrifying view to me 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
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: We are apt to consider Shakespeare only as 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
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: There can be no situation in life in 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
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: As I approach a second childhood, I endeavor As I approach a second childhood, I endeavor to enter into the pleasures of it. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: One would suffer a great deal to be One would suffer a great deal to be happy. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: A face is too slight a foundation for A face is too slight a foundation for happiness. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Men are vile inconstant toads. Men are vile inconstant toads. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Be plain in dress, and sober in your Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Wortley Quotes By Mary Wortley Montagu: Knowing too much is very apt to make Knowing too much is very apt to make us troublesome to other people — Mary Wortley Montagu