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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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«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.»