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13 Copy quote. True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words. Mary Wortley Montagu. Knowing, True Knowledge, Knowing Things. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1803). “The works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: including her correspondence, poems, and essays”, p.183. 6 Copy quote.
17 quotes from Mary Wortley Montagu: 'No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.', 'I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.', and 'Philosophy is the toil which can never tire persons engaged in it.
Mary Wortley Montagu. A face is too slight a foundation for happiness. Mary Wortley Montagu. 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. Mary Wortley Montagu. Enjoy the best Mary Wortley Montagu Quotes at BrainyQuote.
Humor and Wit. Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: To the Imitator of the First Satire of Horace. Ideas. General notions are generally wrong. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Manners. Civility costs nothing and buys everything. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Mathematics.
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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.
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?Works by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu at Project GutenbergSourced quotations by the English Poet Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 — 1762) about people, life and knowledge. Enjoy the best Lady Mary Wortley Montagu quotes and picture quotes!
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