Our collection of men is very antique, they stand in my list thus: A man of sense, a little rusty, a beau a good deal the worse for wearing, a coxcomb extremely shattered, a pretty gentleman very insipid, a baronet very solemn, a squire very fat, a fop much affected, a barrister learned in Coke upon Littleton, but who knows nothing of `long ways for marry as will', an heir apparent, very awkward; which of these will cast a favourable eye upon me I don't know.
Any wife will save you from purgatory, and a diligent one will secure heaven to you. - Elizabeth Montagu
Any wife will save you from purgatory, and a diligent one will secure heaven to you.
- Elizabeth Montagu
Not to be miserable is all some people are capable of. - Elizabeth Montagu
Not to be miserable is all some people are capable of.
The outrages of the powerful, the insolence of the rich, scorn of the proud, and malice of the uncharitable, all beating against the broken spirit of… - Elizabeth Montagu
The outrages of the powerful, the insolence of the rich, scorn of the proud, and malice of the uncharitable, all beating against the broken spirit of…
Among many reasons for being stupid it may be urged, it is being like other people, and living like one's neighbours, and indeed without it, it may b… - Elizabeth Montagu
Among many reasons for being stupid it may be urged, it is being like other people, and living like one's neighbours, and indeed without it, it may b…
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
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.
I endeavor to drink deep of philosophy, and to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and pa… - Elizabeth Montagu
I endeavor to drink deep of philosophy, and to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and pa…
it is more to my personal happiness and advantage to indulge the love and admiration of excellence, than to cherish a secret envy of it. - Elizabeth Montagu
it is more to my personal happiness and advantage to indulge the love and admiration of excellence, than to cherish a secret envy of it.
I never invite idiots to my house. - Elizabeth Montagu
I never invite idiots to my house.
I often think that those people are the happiest who know nothing at all of the world, and sitting in the little empire of the fireside, where there … - Elizabeth Montagu
I often think that those people are the happiest who know nothing at all of the world, and sitting in the little empire of the fireside, where there …
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