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You'll grow devilish fat upon this paper-diet!William Congreve
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He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.William Congreve
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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.William Congreve
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In hours of bliss we oft have met: They could not always last; And though the present I regret, I'm grateful for the past.William Congreve
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Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.William Congreve
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Heav'n has no rage like love to hatred turn'd Nor Hell a fury like a woman scorn'd.William Congreve
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Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing and the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.William Congreve
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Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.William Congreve
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Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain whether of our worth or worthlessness we are almost impervious to fear.William Congreve
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Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned.William Congreve
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In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me for she never speaks well of me herself nor suffers anybody else to rail at me.William Congreve
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Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure Marry'd in hast we may repent at leisure.William Congreve
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Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast to soften rocks or bend a knotted oak.William Congreve
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Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast.William Congreve
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Poetry the eldest sister of all arts and parent of most.William Congreve
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I know that's a secret for it's whispered everywhere.William Congreve
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Defer not till tomorrow to be wise tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.William Congreve
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I came up stairs into the world, for I was born in a cellar.William Congreve
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Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.William Congreve
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Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.William Congreve
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Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.William Congreve
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There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.William Congreve
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Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.William Congreve
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Beauty is the lover's gift.William Congreve
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Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.William Congreve
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Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.William Congreve