1756

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Civility costs nothing and buys every thing.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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Topic

Civility Politeness

Author

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1756 1750s 18th century

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Original Citation

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. Letter to Lady Bute. 30 May 1756.

Current Citation

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. "Letter to Lady Bute." The Complete Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Volume III: 1752-1762, edited by Robert Halsband. Oxford University Press, 1967.

The agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire is neither holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

Voltaire

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Author

Voltaire

Source

Essay on Manners

Language

French

Time

1756 1750s 18th century

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Citation

Voltaire. Essai sur l'Histoire Generale et sur les Moeurs et l'Espri des Nations [An Essay on Universal History, the Manners, and Spirit of Nations]. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1756, ch. 70.