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> [It goes far towards reconciling me to being a woman, when I reflect that I am thus in no danger of ever marrying one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/it-goes-far-towards-reconciling-me-to-being-a-woman-when-i-reflect/)

[Mary Wortley Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wortley-montagu/)

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> [The one thing that reconciles me to the fact of being a woman is the reflection that it delivers me from the necessity of being married to one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/the-one-thing-that-reconciles-me-to-the-fact-of-being-a-woman-is-the/)

[Mary Wortley Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wortley-montagu/)

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## More by Mary Wortley Montagu

> [A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/a-face-is-too-slight-a-foundation-for-happiness/)

[Mary Wortley Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wortley-montagu/)

> [The pious farmer, who ne'er misses pray'rs, With patience suffers unexpected rain; He blesses Heav'n for what its bounty spares, And sees, resign'd, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/the-pious-farmer-who-ne-er-misses-pray-rs-with-patience-suffers/)

[Mary Wortley Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wortley-montagu/)

> [People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/people-wish-their-enemies-dead-but-i-do-not-i-say-give-them-the-gout/)

[Mary Wortley Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wortley-montagu/)

> [I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/i-despise-the-pleasure-of-pleasing-people-that-i-despise/)

[Mary Wortley Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wortley-montagu/)

> [One can never outlive one's vanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/one-can-never-outlive-one-s-vanity/)

[Mary Wortley Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wortley-montagu/)

> [Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/nobody-should-trust-their-virtue-with-necessity-the-force-of-which-is/)

[Mary Wortley Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wortley-montagu/)

> [Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide,- In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too near that comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/let-this-great-maxim-be-my-virtue-s-guide-in-part-she-is-to-blame/)

[Mary Wortley Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wortley-montagu/)

> [I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/i-believe-more-follies-are-committed-out-of-complaisance-to-the-world/)

[Mary Wortley Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wortley-montagu/)

> [We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above their nurses instructions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/we-are-educated-in-the-grossest-ignorance-and-no-art-omitted-to/)

[Mary Wortley Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wortley-montagu/)

> [people never write calmly but when they write indifferently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/people-never-write-calmly-but-when-they-write-indifferently/)

[Mary Wortley Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wortley-montagu/)

> [ It is 11 years since I have seen my figure in a glass \[mirror\]. The last reflection I saw there was so disagreeable I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/it-is-11-years-since-i-have-seen-my-figure-in-a-glass-mirror-the-last/)

[Mary Wortley Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wortley-montagu/)

> [“None strive to know their proper merit But strain for wisdom, beauty, spirit And lose the praise that is their due When they've the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/none-strive-to-know-their-proper-merit-but-strain-for-wisdom-beauty/)

[Mary Wortley Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wortley-montagu/)

> [Miserable is the fate of writers: if they are agreeable, they are offensive; and if dull, they starve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/miserable-is-the-fate-of-writers-if-they-are-agreeable-they-are/)

[Mary Wortley Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wortley-montagu/)

> [I have never, in all my various travels, seen but two sorts of people I mean men and women, who always have been, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/i-have-never-in-all-my-various-travels-seen-but-two-sorts-of-people-i/)

[Mary Wortley Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wortley-montagu/)

> [Nature is indeed a specious ward, nay, there is a great deal in it if it is properly understood and applied, but I cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wortley-montagu/nature-is-indeed-a-specious-ward-nay-there-is-a-great-deal-in-it-if/)

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