Elizabeth Montagu Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches



Elizabeth Montagu Quotes and Sayings


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    I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there be no redress. Elizabeth Montagu | Refcard PDF
  • 2
    I never invite idiots to my house. Elizabeth Montagu | Refcard PDF
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    She kindly laments that I am not of the party, and to be sure I honour great ladies, and I admire great wits, but I am of the same opinion in regard to assemblies that is held concerning oysters, that they are never good in a month that has not the letter R in it. Elizabeth Montagu | Refcard PDF
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    To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under those of another. Elizabeth Montagu | Refcard PDF
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    Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants. Elizabeth Montagu | Refcard PDF

 

  

  

 

  

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