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That you are in a terrible taking,
By all these sweet oglings I see;
But the fruit that can fall without shaking,
Indeed is too mellow for me.

— Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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Satire should, like a polished razor keen,
Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Let this great maxim be my virtue’s guide,—
In part she is to blame that has been tried:
He comes too near that comes to be denied.

The Lady’s Resolve (1713)

But the fruit that can fall without shaking
Indeed is too mellow for me.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet;
In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

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