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Inspirational Quotes by Mary Wortley Montagu
- It has all been most interesting.
- A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.
- Solitude begets whimsies.
- You can be pleased with nothing if you are not pleased with yourself.
- To always be loved one must ever be agreeable.
- Nature is seldom in the wrong, custom always.
- True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words.
- General notions are generally wrong.
- In short I will part with anything for you but you.
- It goes far towards reconciling me to being a woman, when I reflect that I am thus in no danger of ever marrying one.
- Remember my unalterable maxim, "When we love, we always have something to say.
- Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento