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He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.
William Congreve
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William Congreve
Age: 58 †
Born: 1670
Born: January 24
Died: 1729
Died: January 19
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But say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved. To pass our youth in dull indifference, to refuse the sweets of life because they once must leave us, is as preposterous as to wish to have been born old, because we one day must be old.
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You are a woman: you must never speak what you think your words must contradict your thoughts, but your actions may contradict your words.
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Love's but a frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined.
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I came up stairs into the world, for I was born in a cellar.
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Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.
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They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week.
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To converse with Scandal is to play at Losing Loadum, you must lose a good name to him, before you can win it for yourself.
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