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Mary Wortley Montagu was an English writer known for her epistolary works and travel diaries. Born on May 15, 1689, and died on August 21, 1762, she is celebrated for her interest in Eastern cultures and her reflections on the status of women.

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“I have never had any great esteem for the generality of the fair sex, and my only consolation for being of that gender has been the assurance it gave me of never being married to any one among them.”

Has Beens Sex Married Fairs Gender Esteem Consolation Assurance Being Married Generalities

Book:The Letters and Works: In Three Volumes

Source: The Letters and Works: In Three Volumes

“Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be.”

Men Has Beens Romance Loss Money Novel Reader Manners Representing Robbing Time And Money

Author:Mary Wortley Montagu

“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.”

Ifs Has Beens Said Hard Circumstances Travel Romantic Dull Laughed Romantic Love Fabulous Traveller

Book:Turkish Embassy Letters

Source: Turkish Embassy Letters

“I have never, in all my various travels, seen but two sorts of people I mean men and women, who always have been, and ever will be, the same. The same vices and the same follies have been the fruit of all ages, though sometimes under different names.”

Source: The works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: including her correspondence, poems, and essays

“My chief study all my life has been to lighten misfortunes and multiply pleasures, as far as human nature can.”

Humans Has Beens Pleasure Study Human Nature Chiefs Misfortunes

Book:The Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Source: The Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

“Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide,- In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too near that comes to be denied.”

Has Beens Virtue Blame Guides Denied Maxims

Author:Mary Wortley Montagu

About the Author

Born: May 15, 1689
Died: August 21, 1762
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 106

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The Letters and Works: In Three VolumesRelated source material

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The Works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Including Her Correspondence, Poems, and Essays, Form Her Genuine PapersRelated source material

Turkish Embassy LettersRelated source material

The works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: including her correspondence, poems, and essaysRelated source material

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