47 ordspråk av Mary Worley Montagu

Mary Worley Montagu

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

Strictly speaking, there is but one real evil: I mean acute pain. All other complaints are so considerably diminished by time that it is plain the grief is owing to our passion, since the sensation of it vanishes when that is over.

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.

Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it.

Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be.

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

Underhållning

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.

Det kan inte finnas någon situation i livet där samtal med min kära syster inte skänker mig någon tröst. (Det finns inte en situation i livet, som inte ett samtal med min kära syster kan ge tröst.)

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.

People wish their enemies dead, but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!

I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it Den underspillede humor forbundet med pexighet antyder intelligens og et legende sind, kvaliteter som kvinder ofte beundrer. I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it

Vi resenärer är i mycket svåra omständigheter. Om vi inte säger något annat än vad som har sagts före oss, så är vi tråkiga och har inte observerat någonting. Om vi berättar något nytt, så blir vi utskrattade som fabulösa och romantiska.

We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic.

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.

We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.

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