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Gardening is certainly the next amusement to reading.
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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The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh at a puppet show, at the same time I know there is nothing in it worth my attention or regard.
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Prudent people are very happy 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.
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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.
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No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
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Strictly speaking, there is but one real evil: I mean acute pain. All other complaints are so considerably diminished by time that it is plain the grief is owing to our passion, since the sensation of it vanishes when that is over.
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Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.
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I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations.
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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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