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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
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" Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court. "
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" Wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it. "
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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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" 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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" Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see. "
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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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" Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close. "
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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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" Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one. "
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" Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business. "
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" Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding. "
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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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" Poets, like friends to whom you are in debt, you hate. "
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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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