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As wit is too hard for power in council, so power is too hard for wit in action.

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
Council
Wit
Action
Power
Hard

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