Lady Mary Wortley Montagu quotes

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was an English writer and aristocrat known for her letters from Turkey and her advocacy of smallpox inoculation in Britain. Her witty and insightful observations on society and culture influenced the attitudes of her era. She was a pioneering figure in both literature and public health. Here are 46 of her quotes:

Civility costs nothing, and buys everything. (Lady Mary Wortley Montagu)
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. View quote
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But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me. View quote
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I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds. View quote
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Solitude begets whimsies. View quote
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Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. View quote
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The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife. View quote
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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. View quote
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No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune. View quote
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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. View quote
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Life is too short for a long story. (Lady Mary Wortley Montagu)
Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet. View quote
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While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it. View quote
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It goes far towards reconciling me to being a woman, when I reflect that I am thus in no danger of ever marrying one. View quote
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A face is too slight a foundation for happiness. View quote
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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. View quote
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In short I will part with anything for you but you. View quote
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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. View quote
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We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic. (Lady Mary Wortley Montagu)
In response to Lady Mary Montague's line 'And we meet, with champagne and a chicken at last' (from Montague's poem 'The Lover: A Ballad'): "What say you to such a supper with such a woman? ... Is not her 'champagne and chicken' worth a forest or two? Is it not poetry?" View quote
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General notions are generally wrong. View quote
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People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise. View quote
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I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise. View quote
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Image
Occupation: English Writer
Born: May 15, 1689
Died: August 21, 1762
Quotes count: 46
Wikipedia: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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