Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.
About Elizabeth Montagu
Elizabeth Montaguwas a British social reformer, patron of the arts, salonniere, literary critic and writer, who helped to organize and lead the Blue Stockings Society. Her parents were both from wealthy families with strong ties to the British peerage and learned life.
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I never invite idiots to my house.
British social reformer, patron of the arts, hostess, literary critic, and writer; (1718-1800)
Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.
British social reformer, patron of the arts, hostess, literary critic, and writer; (1718-1800)
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.
British social reformer, patron of the arts, hostess, literary critic, and writer; (1718-1800)
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.
British social reformer, patron of the arts, hostess, literary critic, and writer; (1718-1800)
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.
British social reformer, patron of the arts, hostess, literary critic, and writer; (1718-1800)