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O ay, letters - I had letters - I am persecuted with letters - I hate letters - nobody knows how to write letters and yet one has 'em, one does not know why - they serve one to pin up one's hair.
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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No mask like open truth to cover lies, As to go naked is the best disguise.
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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 am a fool, I know it and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit.
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He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.
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These articles subscribed, if I continue to endure you a little longer, I may by degrees dwindle into wife.
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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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