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One minute gives invention to destroy What to rebuild, will a whole age employ.
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 once used me with that insolence, that in revenge I took her to pieces sifted her, and separated her failings I studied 'em, and got 'em by rote. The catalogue was so large, that I was not without hopes, one day or other to hate her heartily.
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Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
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There are come Critics so with Spleen diseased, They scarcely come inclining to be pleased: And sure he must have more than mortal Skill, Who please one against his Will.
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No, I'm no enemy to learning it hurts not me.
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Let us be very strange and well-bred:Let us be as strange as if we had been married a great whileAnd as well-bred as if we were not married at all.
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No mask like open truth to cover lies, As to go naked is the best disguise.
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O, she is the antidote to desire.
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A little scorn is alluring.
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Words are the weak support of cold indifference love has no language to be heard.
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