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Elizabeth Montagu
British
Writer
About the author
To 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.
Elizabeth Montagu,
British
Writer
#Country
#Man
#Trying
#Shakespeare
#Laws
Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.
Elizabeth Montagu,
British
Writer
#Women
#Wounds
#Wit
#Consequences
She 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.
Elizabeth Montagu,
British
Writer
#Opinion
#Party
#Ladies
#Oysters
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.
Elizabeth Montagu,
British
Writer
#Content
I never invite idiots to my house.
Elizabeth Montagu,
British
Writer
#Idiots