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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

“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

“I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.”

Men World Impossible Share Merit Moderates Qualifications Impudence

Book:Selected Letters

Source: Selected Letters

“A woman, till five-and-thirty, is only looked upon as a raw girl, and can possibly make no noise in the world till about forty.”

World Girl Five Aging Noise Thirty Forty

Book:The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Source: The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

“I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations.”

World Believe I Believe Empathy Committed Following Folly Apathy Inclination Peer Pressure

Book:The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Source: The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

“We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above their nurses instructions, our knowledge must rest concealed and be as useless to the world as gold in the mine.”

Ifs World Art Reason Women Natural Ignorance Mines Gold Educated Useless Instruction Nurse Concealed

Book:The Letters and Works: In Three Volumes

Source: The Letters and Works: In Three Volumes

About the Author

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

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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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