I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
Wisdom
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Quotes by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.
Wisdom
General notions are generally wrong.
Wisdom
Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
Wisdom
The knowledge of numbers is one of the chief distinctions between us and the brutes.
Education
… people earnestly seeking what they do not want, while they neglect the real blessings in their possession, I mean the innocent gratification of their senses, which is all we can properly call our own.
Wisdom