There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.

Quote by Mary Worley Montagu

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There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister...

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister...

The manners of mankind do not differ so widely as our voyage writers would make...

The manners of mankind do not differ so widely as our voyage writers would make...

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of...

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of...

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was...

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was...

Take back the beauty and wit you bestow upon me; leave me my own mediocrity...

Take back the beauty and wit you bestow upon me; leave me my own mediocrity...

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power...

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power...

I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it

I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing...

No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing...

You can protect your liberties in this world only by protecting the other man's freedom....

You can protect your liberties in this world only by protecting the other man's freedom....

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many...

Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many...

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam...

I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight

Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.