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There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.
— Mary Wortley Montagu
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In short I will part with anything for you but you.
— Mary Wortley Montagu
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Life is too short for a long story.
— Mary Wortley Montagu
Tags: life-is-too-short, short, story, long, life
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.
— Mary Wortley Montagu
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The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.
— Mary Wortley Montagu
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We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.
— Mary Wortley Montagu
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