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.
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Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Nature is seldom in the wrong, custom always.
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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.
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To always be loved one must ever be agreeable.
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Strictly speaking, there is but one real evil I mean acute pain. All other complaints are so considerably diminished by time that it is plain the grief is owing to our passion, since the sensation of it vanishes when that is over.
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And we meet, with champagne and a chicken, at last.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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