Mary Wortley Montagu Quotes

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

To always be loved one must ever be agreeable. - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife. - Mary Wortley Montagu

Solitude begets whimsies. - Mary Wortley Montagu

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

No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune. - Mary Wortley Montagu

Life is too short for a long story. - Mary Wortley Montagu

In short I will part with anything for you but you. - Mary Wortley Montagu

I know a love may be revived which absence, inconstancy, or even infidelity has extinguished, but there is no returning from a dTgovt given by satiety. - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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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