I have all my life been on my guard against the information conveyed by the sense of hearing -- it being one of my earliest observations, the universal inclination of humankind is to be led by the ears, and I am sometimes apt to imagine that they are given to men as they are to pitchers, purposely that they may be carried about by them.
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Nature has not placed us in an inferior rank to men, no more than the females of other animals, where we see no distinction of capacity, though I am persuaded if there was a commonwealth of rational horses... it would be an established maxim amongst them that a mare could not be taught to pace.Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate any part of your care, or not do your duty to them in its utmost extent, but I would have you early prepare yourself for disappointments, which are heavy in proportion to their being surprising.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
It's all been very interesting.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
I know a love may be revived which absence, inconstancy, or even infidelity has extinguished, but there is no returning from a dTgovt given by satiety.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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