In short I will part with anything for you but you.
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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
No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.
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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.
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It was formerly a terrifying view to me that I should one day be an old woman. I now find that Nature has provided pleasure for every state.
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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
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
Mary Wortley Montagu
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