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We should ask, not who is the most learned, but who is the best learned.
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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I have all my life been on my guard against the information conveyed by the sense of hearing -- it being one of my earliest observations, the universal inclination of humankind is to be led by the ears, and I am sometimes apt to imagine that they are given to men as they are to pitchers, purposely that they may be carried about by them.
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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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Life is too short for a long story
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The familiarities of the gaming-table contribute very much to the decay of politeness ... The pouts and quarrels that naturally arise from disputes must put an end to all complaisance, or even good will towards one another.
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I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
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A woman, till five-and-thirty, is only looked upon as a raw girl, and can possibly make no noise in the world till about forty.
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Conscience is justice's best minister it threatens, promises, rewards, and punishes and keeps all under control the busy must attend to its remonstrances, the most powerful submit to its reproof, and the angry endure its upbraidings. While conscience is our friend all is peace but if once offended farewell the tranquil mind.
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To always be loved one must ever be agreeable.
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Begin nothing without considering what the end may be.
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General notions are generally wrong.
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The most romantic region of every country is that where the mountains unite themselves with the plains or lowlands.
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In short I will part with anything for you but you.
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As I approach a second childhood, I endeavor to enter into the pleasures of it.
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Remember my unalterable maxim, When we love, we always have something to say.
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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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Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.
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We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.
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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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Making verses is almost as common as taking snuff, and God can tell what miserable stuff people carry about in their pockets, and offer to all their acquaintances, and you know one cannot refuse reading and taking a pinch.
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It has all been most interesting.
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