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Letter "W" » William Congreve Quotes
«Turn pimp, flatterer, quack, lawyer, parson, be chaplain to an atheist, or stallion to an old woman, anything but a poet; for a poet is worse, more servile, timorous and fawning than any I have named.»
«Women are like tricks by light of hand,Which, to admire, we should not understand.»
Author: William Congreve
«Whom she refuses, she treats still / With so much sweet behaviour, / That her refusal, through her skill, / Looks almost like a favour.»
«O fie miss, you must not kiss and tell.»
Author: William Congreve
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«Beauty is the lover's gift»
«Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved»
Author: William Congreve
«These articles subscribed, if I continue to endure you a little longer, I may by degrees dwindle into a wife.»
Author: William Congreve
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«They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.»
«Men are apt to offend ('tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive.»
«There are come Critics so with Spleen diseased,They scarcely come inclining to be pleased:And sure he must have more than mortal Skill,Who please one against his Will.»
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