23 ordspråk av William Wycherley

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William Wycherley föddes den March 28th 1640 och dog den 1 January 1716 - English writer
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 A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.

 A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.

 And with faint praises one another damn.

 Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court

 Come, for my part I will have only those glorious, manly pleasures of being very drunk, and very slovenly.

 Come, for my part I will have only those glorious, manly pleasures of being very drunk, and very slovenly.

 Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business

 Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.

 He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?

 Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close

 I have been toiling and moiling for the prettiest piece of china, my dear.

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

 I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better

 I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better

 Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before.


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