Where modesty's ill manners, 'tis but fitThat impudence and malice pass for wit.
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Defer not till tomorrow to be wise, Tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.William Congreve
I could find it in my heart to marry thee, purely to be rid of thee.
William Congreve
She once used me with that insolence, that in revenge I took her to pieces sifted her, and separated her failings I studied 'em, and got 'em by rote. The catalogue was so large, that I was not without hopes, one day or other to hate her heartily.
William Congreve
If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable.
William Congreve
I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.
William Congreve
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