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I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for.

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
People
Heartily
Hospitality
Meat
Pay
Heard
Another
Men

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