Miserable is the fate of writers: if they are agreeable, they are offensive; and if dull, they starve.


Letters (1992 edition), Everyman's Library

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Quotes

Miserable is the fate of writers: if they are agreeable, they are offensive; and if dull, they starve.

Miserable is the fate of writers: if they are agreeable, they are offensive; and if dull, they starve.

Miserable is the fate of writers: if they are agreeable, they are offensive; and if dull, they starve.

Miserable is the fate of writers: if they are agreeable, they are offensive; and if dull, they starve.