I am afraid we are little better than straws upon the water; we may flatter ourselves that we swim, when the current carries us along.
I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds. - Mary Wortley Montagu
I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.
- Mary Wortley Montagu
General notions are generally wrong. - Mary Wortley Montagu
General notions are generally wrong.
True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words. - Mary Wortley Montagu
True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. - Mary Wortley Montagu
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. - Mary Wortley Montagu
Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.
We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above their nurses instructions, our know… - Mary Wortley Montagu
We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above their nurses instructions, our know…
People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise. - Mary Wortley Montagu
People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.
You can be pleased with nothing if you are not pleased with yourself. - Mary Wortley Montagu
You can be pleased with nothing if you are not pleased with yourself.
In short I will part with anything for you but you. - Mary Wortley Montagu
In short I will part with anything for you but you.
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