Wit must be foiled by wit: cut a diamond with a diamond.
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Would she could make of me a saint,Or I of her a sinner.William Congreve
To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task.
William Congreve
Alack, he's gone the way of all flesh.
William Congreve
If there's delight in love, 'Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me.
William Congreve
Where modesty's ill manners, 'tis but fitThat impudence and malice pass for wit.
William Congreve
No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me.
William Congreve
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