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Thou art a retailer of phrases, and dost deal in remnants of remnants.

William Congreve

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William Congreve
Age: 58 †
Born: 1670
Born: January 24
Died: 1729
Died: January 19
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Mr Witwould: Pray, madam, do you pin up your hair with all your letters? I find I must keep copies. Mrs Millamant: Only with those in verse.... I never pin up my hair with prose.
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If there's delight in love, 'Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me.
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I came up stairs into the world, for I was born in a cellar.
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Who pleases one against his will.
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There are times when sense may be unseasonable, as well as truth.
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I always take blushing either for a sign of guilt, or of ill breeding.
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