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Mary Wortley Quotes

Mary Wortley quotes

English Royalty May 26, 1689 – August 21, 1762

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Mary Wortley quote: "In short I will part with anything for you but you."
In short I will part with anything for you but you. Mary Wortley
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the loss of expensive diversions or variety of company if she can be amused with an author in her closet. Mary Wortley
The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh at a puppet show, at the same time I know there is nothing in it worth my attention or regard. Mary Wortley
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
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
There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind. Mary Wortley
Mary Wortley quote: "We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she..."
We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts. Mary Wortley
Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy. Mary Wortley
Mary Wortley quote: "No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so..."
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. Mary Wortley
I don't say tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it. Mary Wortley
Mary Wortley quote: "I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise."
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise. Mary Wortley
Mary Wortley quote: "I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable..."
I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it. Mary Wortley
Mary Wortley quote: "Solitude begets whimsies."
Solitude begets whimsies. Mary Wortley
Mary Wortley quote: "I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds."
I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds. Mary Wortley
Mary Wortley quote: "No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune."
No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune. Mary Wortley

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