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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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Famous Mary Wortley Montagu Quotes

“Making verses is almost as common as taking snuff, and God can tell what miserable stuff people carry about in their pockets, and offer to all their acquaintances, and you know one cannot refuse reading and taking a pinch.”

People Knows Reading Stuff Common Offers Refuse Miserable Pockets Verses Acquaintance Snuff

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

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

“Only a mother knows a mother's fondness.”

Knows Mother Fondness

Author:Mary Wortley Montagu

“It's in no way my interest (according to the common acceptance of that word) to convince the world of their errors; that is, I shall get nothing from it but the private satisfaction of having done good to mankind, and I know nobody that reckons that satisfaction any part of their interest.”

Knows World Way Done Interest Common Mankind Acceptance Errors Satisfaction Convince

Author:Mary Wortley Montagu

“The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh at a puppet show, at the same time I know there is nothing in it worth my attention or regard.”

Knows I Can Sometimes Shows Speak Attention Laughing Impossible Regard Fellows Host Despise Flirting Puppets Flirty Puppet Shows

Book:The Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Source: The Letters of Lady 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.”

Knows Love May Given Absence Broken Heart Infidelity Inconstancy Satiety Emo Love

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

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