9 Quotes & Sayings By Mary Wortley Montagu

Mary Wortley Montagu was a British writer, poet, and translator. She was a member of the Scriblerus Club, a group of women satire writers active from the 17th to the 19th century. She was also a member of the Lunar Society, a group of scientists and philosophers associated with her husband, Richard Steele. In 1712 she traveled with her husband to Turkey as part of an embassy to Poland Read more

During this period she published two volumes of Memoirs Relating to Literature and Art in which she presented a highly critical view of the art and literature of Europe at that time. Critics have pointed out that Mary Wortley Montagu has been overshadowed by her better-known husbands.

Philosophy is the toil which can never tire persons engaged...
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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
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No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. Mary Wortley Montagu
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I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it. Mary Wortley Montagu
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I give myself sometimes admirable advice but I am incapable of taking it. Mary Wortley Montagu
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The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife. Mary Wortley Montagu
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While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind. Mary Wortley Montagu
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In short I will part with anything for you but you. Mary Wortley Montagu
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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 romantic. Mary Wortley Montagu