I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better.
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Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men.William Wycherley
Go to your business, I say, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business.
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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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He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?
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Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other.
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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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