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I love to be envied, and would not marry a wife that I alone could love loving alone is as dull as eating alone.

William Wycherley

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William Wycherley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1640
Born: January 1
Died: 1715
Died: December 31
Dramatist
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Clive
Shropshire
Wife
Alone
Would
Love
Envied
Marry
Dull
Loving
Eating

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