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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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I never invite idiots to my house. ↗

— Elizabeth Montagu

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We have the melancholy dilemma of not being in a state to make peace or to prosecute war. ↗

— George Montagu

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While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds. ↗

— 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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Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful, without considering whether it is suited to the purposes for which they are designed. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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