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«Civility costs nothing and buys everything.»
«There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.»
«Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; / In short, my deary! kiss me, and be quiet.»
«Intelligence has no attachment to the opinion it has formed, but only to the truth it may contain; and, knowing that error insinuates itself under the guise of truth, through the same inlets by which truth is admitted, it is ever diffident of its att»
«I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.»
Author: Mary Worley Montagu | About: Liberty | Keywords: chains, diamonds
«No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.»
«Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.»
Author: Mary Worley Montagu | About: Prudence | Keywords: exceeding, humour, prudent, retain
«While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.»
Author: Mary Worley Montagu | Keywords: farewell, offended
«Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen»
«People wish their enemies dead, but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!»
Author: Mary Worley Montagu | Keywords: gout

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