“Muse, time has taught me that all metaphysical systems, even historical facts given as truths, are hardly that, so I amuse myself with more agreeable lies; I no longer read anything but novels.” FactsLyingGivenNovelTaughtHistoricalMuseMetaphysicalHistorical Facts Author:Mary Wortley Montagu
“I know a love may be revived which absence, inconstancy, or even infidelity has extinguished, but there is no returning from a dTgovt given by satiety.” KnowsLoveMayGivenAbsenceBroken HeartInfidelityInconstancySatietyEmo Love Author:Mary Wortley Montagu
“I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to fools, for 'Tis only to them that they are blessings.” LooksHateGivenFoolOughtBlessingI HateNoiseTitlesLook UpEstatesInseparableAristocracy Book:The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Source: The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
“I have all my life been on my guard against the information conveyed by the sense of hearing -- it being one of my earliest observations, the universal inclination of humankind is to be led by the ears, and I am sometimes apt to imagine that they are given to men as they are to pitchers, purposely that they may be carried about by them.” MenMaySometimesBeliefGivenImagineInformationEarsUniversalHearingObservationHumankindImagine ThatInclinationPitcher Author:Mary Wortley Montagu
