Quotes by Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley

We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifl >>

Life is too short for a long story. >>

I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I >>

Quotations about Promotion

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent >>

Promote yourself but do not demote another. >>

I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the wor >>

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.

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley