Mary Wortley Montagu
8 quotes
Biography
"Philosophy is the toil which can never tire persons engaged in it. All ways are strewn with roses, and the farther you go, the more enchanting objects appear before you and invite you on."
"While conscience is our friend, all is at peace however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind."
"We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic."
"Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it."
"I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it."
"In short I will part with anything for you but you."
"I give myself sometimes admirable advice but I am incapable of taking it."
"The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife."