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01c. 1726 AD

Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide,— In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too near that comes to be denied.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu / quote

02c. 1726 AD

And we meet, with champagne and a chicken, at last.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu / quote

03c. 1726 AD

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu / quote

04c. 1726 AD

Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that 's scarcely felt or seen.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu / quote

05c. 1726 AD

But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu / quote

06c. 1726 AD

See how that pair of billing doves With open murmurs own their loves And, heedless of censorious eyes, Pursue their unpolluted joys: No fears of future want molest The downy quiet of their nest.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu / quote