47 ordspråk av Mary Worley Montagu
Mary Worley Montagu
 '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. |
| '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. |
| '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. |
| '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. |
| A face is too slight a foundation for happiness. |
| A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly. |
| Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; / In short, my deary! kiss me, and be quiet. |
| But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me. |
| Civility costs nothing and buys everything. |
| General notions are generally wrong |
| 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. |
| I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it |
| 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. |
| I know a love may be revived which absence, inconstancy, or even infidelity has extinguished, but there is no returning from a dégout given by satiety. |
| I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds. |
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