Mary Wortley Montagu Quotes

You will not become a saint through other people's sins.

They always say they didn't. I never heard of one who said, 'You know, I deserve this.' Never happens.

Gentle he would be, denied he would not.

I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it.

You tempt me. I can’t be tempted. I’m not made to be tempted.

What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture 'tis to flee it.

Since all human governments, like all human individuals, are subject to temptation, especially the temptation to use this God-given role for their own ends, there must be clear and wise critique, and holding to account.

If the victims are my problem, the killers are yours.

It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.

One of the most effective means of seduction that Evil has is the challenge to struggle. It is like the struggle with women, whichends in bed. A married man's true deviations from the path of virtue are, rightly understood, never gay.

Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off. But it's better if you do.

no' when no one answered, Derek looked from face to face, then settled his glower in me. 'absolutely not.' 'um, I was the one keeping my mouth shut' I said.

America is just as much to blame as a lot of our enemies.

The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.

I issued a number of denials to people I thought needed to hear them

We are all sinful. Therefore whatever we blame in another we shall find in our own bosoms.

You carry your snare everywhere and spread your nets in all places. You allege that you never invited others to sin. You did not indeed, by your words, but you have done so by your dress and your deportment.

Blaming is so much easier than taking responsibility, because if you take responsibility … then you might be to blame.

I cannot shift the blame for Chechnya, for the sorrow of numerous mothers and fathers. I made the decision, therefore I am responsible.

How innocent we are of our mistakes and how we responsible we are for them.

I didn't say it was your fault. I said I was going to blame it on you.

There is nothing an addict likes more, or that serves as better pretext for continuing his present way of life, than to place the weight of responsibility for his situation somewhere other than on his own decisions.

When you shake you ass, they notice fast. And some mistakes were built to last.

I have done nothing wrong.

You can't blame a match for a house made of straw, Alek.