More from William Congreve

  1. I warrant you, if he danced till doomsday, he thought I was to pay the piper.
  2. I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.
  3. Thou liar of the first magnitude.
  4. Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand.
  5. No mask like open truth to cover lies, As to go naked is the best disguise.
  6. Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.
  7. Though marriage makes man and wife one flesh, it leaves 'em still two fools.
  8. 'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.

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