Famous quotes containing the words wortley montagu, mary wortley, wortley and/or montagu:
“Life is too short for a long story.”
—Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762)
“I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to fools, for ‘tis only to them that they are blessings.”
—Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)
“Life is too short for a long story.”
—Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762)
“People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful, without considering whether it is suited to the purposes for which they are designed.”
—Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)
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