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When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion.
George Etherege
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George Etherege
Age: 57 †
Born: 1635
Born: January 1
Died: 1692
Died: May 1
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We are not masters of our own affections our inclinations dailyalter: now we love pleasure, and anon we shall dote on business. Human frailty will have it so, and who can help it?
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