English - Writer | May 26, 1689 - August 21, 1762
Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.
Mary Wortley Montagu
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No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
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I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.
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In short I will part with anything for you but you.
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People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful, without considering whether it is suited to the purposes for which they are designed.
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I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to fools, for 'Tis only to them that they are blessings.
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We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.
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Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be.
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A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.
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A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly.
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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.
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Time has the same effect on the mind as on the face; the predominant passion and the strongest feature become more conspicuous from the others' retiring.
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