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It was formerly a terrifying view to me that I should one day be an old woman. I now find that Nature has provided pleasures for every state.
Mary Wortley Montagu
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Mary Wortley Montagu
Age: 73 †
Born: 1689
Born: January 1
Died: 1762
Died: August 21
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As I approach a second childhood, I endeavor to enter into the pleasures of it.
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In short I will part with anything for you but you.
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There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind.
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Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.
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My chief study all my life has been to lighten misfortunes and multiply pleasures, as far as human nature can.
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