Lady Mary Wortley

Famous quotes containing the words lady, mary and/or wortley:

“A lady is nothing very specific. One man’s lady is another man’s woman; sometimes, one man’s lady is another man’s wife. Definitions overlap but they almost never coincide.”
—Russell Lynes (b. 1910)

“I met with virgins seven,
And one of them was Mary mild,
Our Lord’s mother from heaven.”
—Unknown. The Seven Virgins (l. 2–4)

“Life is too short for a long story.”
—Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762)