Mary Wortley Montagu

Philosophy is the toil which can never tire persons engaged in it. All ways are strewn with roses, and the farther you go, the more enchanting objects appear before you and invite you on. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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In short I will part with anything for you but you. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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Life is too short for a long story. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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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. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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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. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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Civility costs nothing, and buys everything. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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