"A propos of Distempers, I am going to……" — Mary Wortley Montagu
"A propos of Distempers, I am going to tell you a thing that I am sure will make you wish your selfe here. The Small Pox so fatal and so general amongst us is here entirely harmless by the invention of engrafting (which is the term they give it). There is a set of old Women who make it their business to perform the Operation."
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Mary Wortley Montagu
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69 Quotes by Mary Wortley Montagu
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It has all been most interesting.
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Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.
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No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret…
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The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what…
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I have never, in all my various travels, seen but two sorts of people I mean men and women, who…
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A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.
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A woman, till five-and-thirty, is only looked upon as a raw girl, and can possibly make no noise in the…
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Solitude begets whimsies.
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You can be pleased with nothing if you are not pleased with yourself.
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But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me.
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As marriage produces children, so children produce care and disputes; and wrangling.
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We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.
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