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. Mary Wortley Montagu Read Quote
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. Mary Wortley Montagu Read Quote
A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly. Mary Wortley Montagu Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Mary Wortley Montagu Read Quote
The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh at a puppet show, at the same time I know there is nothing in it worth my attention or regard. Mary Wortley Montagu Read Quote
