44 Quotations by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
- 1. 'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word ...
- 2. A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.
- 3. A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that a ...
- 4. Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my dear, kiss me and be quiet.
- 5. But the fruit that can fall without shaking,
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- 6. Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
- 7. I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
- 8. I don't say 'tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with ...
- 9. I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great estates and titles and look upon both as blessings ...
- 10. I have all my life been on my guard against the information conveyed by the sense of hearing -- it b ...
- 11. I have never, in all my various travels, seen but two sorts of people I mean men and women, who alwa ...
- 12. I know a love may be revived which absence, inconstancy, or even infidelity has extinguished, but th ...
- 13. I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.
- 14. I regard almost all quarrels of princes on the same footing, and I see nothing that marks man's unre ...
- 15. I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
- 16. I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate a ...
- 17. It has all been very interesting.
- 18. It is the common error of builders and parents to follow some plan they think beautiful (and perhaps ...
- 19. It's all been very interesting.
- 20. Life is too short for a long story.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Quotes by Power Quotations
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