People wish their enemies dead-but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the… — Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
People wish their enemies dead-but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!
1778
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Citation
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. Quoted in Letter to the Earl of Harcourt. Written by Horace Walpole. 17 Sept. 1778.