Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Quotes
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People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
My dear Smollett... disgraces his talent by writing those stupid romances called history.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
As I approach a second childhood, I endeavor to enter into the pleasures of it.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Satire should, like a polished razor keen,
Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.
Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
In chains and darkness, wherefore should I stay,
And mourn in prison, while I keep the key?
And mourn in prison, while I keep the key?
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu