Elizabeth Montagu's Quotes
Born: 1970-01-01
Profession: Writer
Nation: British
Biography of Elizabeth Montagu
I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there be no redress.
Tags: Cannot, Easy, WiseTo judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under those of another.
Tags: Country, Judge, TryingWit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.
Tags: Bad, Sword, WomenShe kindly laments that I am not of the party, and to be sure I honour great ladies, and I admire great wits, but I am of the same opinion in regard to assemblies that is held concerning oysters, that they are never good in a month that has not the letter R in it.
Tags: Good, Great, OpinionWe have the melancholy dilemma of not being in a state to make peace or to prosecute war.
Tags: Peace, State, War