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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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No mask like open truth to cover lies, As to go naked is the best disguise.
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One minute gives invention to destroy What to rebuild, will a whole age employ.
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I always take blushing either for a sign of guilt, or of ill breeding.
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Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's Sun to thee may never rise Or should to-morrow chance to cheer thy sight With her enlivening and unlook'd for light, How grateful will appear her dawning rays! As favours unexpected doubly please.
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O fie, miss, you must not kiss and tell.
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