| 5 Famous Quotes by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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“Be pain in dress, and sober in your diet;
In short, my deary, kiss me! and be quiet.”
Apparel Quotes Source: Summary of Lord Littelton's Advice
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“Satire should, like a polished razor keen,
Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.
Thine is an oyster knife, that hacks and hews;
The rage but not the talent to abuse.”
Satire Quotes Source: To the Imitator of the First Satire of Horace, (Pope)
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“See how that pair of billing doves
With open murmurs own their loves
And, heedless of censorious eyes,
Pursue their unpolluted joys:
No fears of future want molest
The downy quiet of their nest.”
Doves Quotes Source: Written in a Garden (st. 1)
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“The screech-owl, with ill-boding cry,
Portends strange things, old women say;
Stops every fool that passes by,
And frights the school-boy from his play.”
Owls Quotes Source: The Politicians (st. 4)
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“'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.”
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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