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Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.

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A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.

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Come, for my part I will have only those glorious, manly pleasures of being very drunk, and very slovenly.

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Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one.

~William Wycherley

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Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.

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Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court.

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Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see.

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I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for.

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Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before.

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Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Dramatist

Born: Unknown

Died: January 1st, 1716

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