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A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable, is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly.

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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.

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No modest man ever did or ever will make his fortune.

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I regard almost all quarrels of princes on the same footing, and I see nothing that marks man's unreason so positively as war. Indeed, what folly to kill one another for interests often imaginary, and always for the pleasure of persons who do not think themselves even obliged to those who sacrifice themselves for them!

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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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Born: May 15, 1689
Died: August 21, 1762 (aged 73)
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