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There is in true Beauty, as in Courage, somewhat which narrow Souls cannot dare to admire.
William Congreve
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William Congreve
Age: 58 †
Born: 1670
Born: January 24
Died: 1729
Died: January 19
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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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I know a lady that loves to talk so incessantly, she won't give an echo fair play she has that everlasting rotation of tongue that an echo must wait till she dies before it can catch her last words!
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I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections.
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