Mary Wortley Montagu

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

“Miss Mary Emerson is here,—the youngest person in Concord, though about eighty,—and the most apprehensive of a genuine thought; earnest to know of your inner life; most stimulating society; and exceedly witty withal. She says they called her old when she was young, and she has never grown any older. I wish you could see her.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

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

“The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.”
—Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)