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“I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.”
 
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Name:   Mary Wortley Montagu
 
Nationality:   English
 
Date of Birth:   May 26, 1689
 
Date of Death:   Aug 21,  1762
 
Profession:   Writer
 
 
 
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Solitude begets whimsies.
 
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We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.
 
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Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it.
 
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Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.
 
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Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.
 
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