"A face is too slight a foundation for…" — Mary Wortley Montagu

"A face is too slight a foundation for happiness."

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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69 Quotes by Mary Wortley Montagu

Mary Wortley Montagu has 69 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It has all been most interesting.
Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret…
The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what…
I have never, in all my various travels, seen but two sorts of people I mean men and women, who…
A woman, till five-and-thirty, is only looked upon as a raw girl, and can possibly make no noise in the…
Solitude begets whimsies.
You can be pleased with nothing if you are not pleased with yourself.
But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me.
As marriage produces children, so children produce care and disputes; and wrangling.
We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.
I know a love may be revived which absence, inconstancy, or even infidelity has extinguished, but there is no returning…

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One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about… — J. J. Abrams
If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times. — Lance Armstrong
I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's… — Neil Armstrong
I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people,… — Arthur Ashe
It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. — Francis of Assisi
The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any. — Fred Astaire
Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing. — Kevyn Aucoin
My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. — Diane Ackerman
I was in preschool and a girl actually kissed me on the cheek. I didn't know what to do. I… — Jensen Ackles
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall
It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and… — Red Adair

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