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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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She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises.
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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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