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Your women of honor, as you call 'em , are only chary of their reputations, not their persons, and 'tis scandal they would avoid, not men.

William Wycherley

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William Wycherley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1640
Born: January 1
Died: 1715
Died: December 31
Dramatist
Playwright
Poet
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Clive
Shropshire
Persons
Reputations
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Scandal
Men
Ems
Reputation
Avoid
Honor
Call
Women

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