Lady Mary Wortley

Famous quotes containing the words lady, mary and/or wortley:

“In adding up her assets, the ambitious lady calculated the worth of her beautiful body as coldly as everything else.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“Life is in the mouth; death is in the mouth.”
—Hawaiian saying no. 60, ‘lelo No’Eau, collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui, Bishop Museum Press, Hawaii (1983)

“Life is too short for a long story.”
—Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762)