I just wondered how things were put together.

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.

I put the word "diagnosis" in quotes because I have not yet seen that case in which a "diagnosis" led to a "cure," or in fact to any outcome other than a confirmed, and therefore an enforced, debility.

Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy.

I don&#39;t say &#39;Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.

Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one&#39;s power to do good, riches being another word for power.

Mary Wortley Montagu

Quotes by Mary Wortley Montagu

Written By Mary Wortley Montagu

Written By Mary Wortley Montagu

Written By Mary Wortley Montagu

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