I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire. — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share Image
I often think that those people are the happiest who know nothing at all of the world, and sitting in the little empire of… — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share
I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire. — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share
The only thing one can do one day one did not do the day before is to die. — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share
You will find many a creature by earth, air, and water, that is more beautiful than a woman. — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share
Our collection of men is very antique, they stand in my list thus: A man of sense, a little rusty, a beau a good… — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share
She kindly laments that I am not of the party, and to be sure I honour great ladies, and I admire great wits, but… — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share
it is more to my personal happiness and advantage to indulge the love and admiration of excellence, than to cherish a secret envy of… — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share
To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under those of… — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share
Any wife will save you from purgatory, and a diligent one will secure heaven to you. — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share
I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and patient… — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share
The outrages of the powerful, the insolence of the rich, scorn of the proud, and malice of the uncharitable, all beating against the broken… — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share
I endeavor to drink deep of philosophy, and to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with… — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share
