Elizabeth Montagu Quotes

To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under those of another.

Elizabeth Montagu

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 2, 1718 - August 25, 1800

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I don't think I'll ever feel as famous or as popular as I felt when I was a 17-year-old soccer player in Modle. Only about 20,000 people live there and 12,000 of them come to every game. Running onto the pitch each week was just the most fantastic feeling. Nothing can beat that.

Jo Nesbo

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The sediments of the past are many miles in collective thickness: yet the feeble silt of the rivers built them all from base to summit.

John Joly

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I am content that the work that I've done is wonderful.

Angela Bassett

WorkI AmDoneContentWonderfulAm

I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy.

Anais Nin

LoveLiveJoyWorldWillWatching

I attended the University of Louisville my freshman year, transferred to what was then Western Kentucky State Teachers College for my sophomore and junior years, and then graduated from the University of Louisville in the summer of 1961.

Sue Grafton

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I remember seeing Eric Cantona play for Manchester United. The way he used to control games was special to watch.

Ronaldinho

ControlRememberSeeingPlayWay

The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker.

Mason Cooley

MoralMoreToneHigherSuspect

The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.

Mary Catherine Bateson

DeathEndingStoryMeaningTiming

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

Jonathan Kozol

WinSmallEnoughMatterBattlesBig

Mormons know that it's not enough to practise your religion - you also have to spread your religion.

Jonah Peretti

ReligionEnoughYouKnowSpread

The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).

Dawn Powell

LovePowerDeathManWarGreed

I created and opened a student-run coffeehouse in undergrad, and I loved it. I'd want to do that in the West Village.

Conrad Ricamora

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