Quotes by Mary Wortley Montagu

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Writer and poet · English · 1689–1762

English writer and poet (1689–1762)

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“In short I will part with anything for you but you.”

“The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.”

“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.”

“But the fruit that can fall without shaking indeed is too mellow for me.”

“I give myself sometimes admirable advice but I am incapable of taking it.”

Common Themes

“Philosophy is the toil which can never tire persons engaged in it. All ways are strewn with roses, and the farther you go, the more enchanting objects appear before you and invite you on.”

— Mary Wortley Montagu

education feminism learning philosophy

“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.”

— Mary Wortley Montagu

reading

“I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.”

— Mary Wortley Montagu

advice myself

“The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.”

— Mary Wortley Montagu

Good Wife End

“While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.”

— Mary Wortley Montagu

Mind Friend Conscience

“We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and r...”

— Mary Wortley Montagu

Said New Circumstances

“In short I will part with anything for you but you.”

— Mary Wortley Montagu

Short You Anything

“I give myself sometimes admirable advice but I am incapable of taking it.”

— Mary Wortley Montagu

advice

“I give myself sometimes admirable advice but I am incapable of taking it.”

— Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

instincts

“But the fruit that can fall without shaking indeed is too mellow for me.”