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No mask like open truth to cover lies, As to go naked is the best disguise.
William Congreve
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William Congreve
Age: 58 †
Born: 1670
Born: January 24
Died: 1729
Died: January 19
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Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read that things inanimate have moved, and, as with living souls, have been inform'd, by magic numbers and persuasive sound.
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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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O, she is the antidote to desire.
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A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty.
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