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I hope you do not think me prone to any iteration of nuptials.

William Congreve

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William Congreve
Age: 58 †
Born: 1670
Born: January 24
Died: 1729
Died: January 19
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He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.
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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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I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.
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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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