No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.

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• Mary Wortley Montagu:

  Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt,

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  I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with

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  Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of thei

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  Solitude begets whimsies.

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  Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.

• Mary Wortley Montagu:

  The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.

• Mary Wortley Montagu:

  There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those s

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  A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.

• Mary Wortley Montagu:

  A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that

• Mary Wortley Montagu:

  Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word