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
   
Mary Wortley Montagu   Name:
Mary Wortley Montagu
Type:
Writer
Nationality:
English
Birth:
May 26, 1689
Death:
August 21, 1762
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