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He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.
William Congreve
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William Congreve
Age: 58 †
Born: 1670
Born: January 24
Died: 1729
Died: January 19
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Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.
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Love's but the frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined A sickly flame, which if not fed expires And feeding, wastes in self-consuming fires.
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A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one.
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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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Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, And black despair succeeds brown study.
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