Mary Wortley Montagu Quotes About Children

Quotes about: Children

• As marriage produces children, so children produce care and disputes; and wrangling.

  Mary Wortley Montagu

  Funny, Witty, Children

  Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (2015). “Turkish Embassy Letters”, p.162, Ravenio Books

• People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful, without considering whether it is suited to the purposes for which they are designed.

  Mary Wortley Montagu

  Beautiful, Education, Children

  Mary Wortley Montagu, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Wharncliffe (1837). “The Letters and Works: In Three Volumes”, p.49

• I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate any part of your care, or not do your duty to them in its utmost extent, but I would have you early prepare yourself for disappointments, which are heavy in proportion to their being surprising.

  Mary Wortley Montagu

  Children, Disappointment, Mean

  Mary Wortley Montagu (2015). “Letters”, p.504, Everyman's Library

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