For 'tis some virtue, virtue to commend.
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Thou art a retailer of phrases, and dost deal in remnants of remnants.William Congreve
A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.
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O, she is the antidote to desire.
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Love's but the frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined A sickly flame, which, if not fed, expires, And feeding, wastes in self-consuming fires.
William Congreve
Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. By magic numbers and persuasive sound.
William Congreve
O fie, miss, you must not kiss and tell.
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