Mary Wortley Montagu

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

    “Nature is seldom in the wrong, custom always.”
    —Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)

    “A beautiful woman is born Queen of men and women both, as Mary Stuart was born Queen of Scots, whether men or women.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

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

    “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.”
    —Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)