Zitate von Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.
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Schriftstellerin (England, 1689 - 1762).
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu wäre heute 334 Jahre, 11 Monate, 3 Tage oder 122.329 Tage alt.
Geboren am 26.05.1689 in Pierrepont (London)
Gestorben am 21.08.1762 in Pierrepont (London)
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Weitere 19 Zitate von Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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Die Frucht, die vom Ast fällt, ohne daß man schütteln muß, ist mir zu weich.
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Kein bescheidener Mann hat jemals ein Vermögen gemacht und wird jemals ein Vermögen machen.
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Magengeschwüre bekommt man nicht von dem, was man ißt; man bekommt sie von dem, wovon man aufgefressen wird.
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Männer erdulden alles, solange sie verliebt sind.
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And we meet with champagne and a chicken at last.
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As Ovid has sweetly in parable told, We harden like trees, and like rivers grow cold.
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But the fruit that can fall without shaking, Indeed is too mellow for me.
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Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
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General notions are generally wrong.
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In chains and darkness, wherefore should I stay, And mourn in prison, while I keep the key?
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It is 11 years since I have seen my figure in a glass (mirror). The last reflection I saw there was so disagreeable I resolved to spare myself such mortification in the future.
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Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide: In part she is to blame, who has been tried, He comes too near, that comes to be denied.
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My chief study all my life has been to lighten misfortunes and multiply pleasures, as far as human nature can.
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People wish their enemies dead-but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!
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Satire should, like a polished razor keen, / Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.
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Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and the one nearest to hand.
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This world consists of men, women, and Herveys.
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We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.
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Whatever is clearly expressed is well wrote.
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