5 Quotes & Sayings By William Wycherley

William Wycherley (1640–1716) was an English poet and dramatist. He is often called "the wittiest man of his time." His plays were performed at the theaters Royal and Cockpit, at the Hay-Market, Lincoln's Inn Fields, and Drury Lane. The major theme of Wycherley's plays is the conflict between love and money, love of country and patriotism.

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With faint praises one another damn. William Wycherley
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Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business. William Wycherley
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Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures. William Wycherley
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Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close. William Wycherley