23 ordspråk av William Wycherley
William Wycherley
A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.
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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.
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And with faint praises one another damn.
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Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court
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Come, for my part I will have only those glorious, manly pleasures of being very drunk, and very slovenly.
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Come, for my part I will have only those glorious, manly pleasures of being very drunk, and very slovenly.
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Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business
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Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.
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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?
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Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close
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I have been toiling and moiling for the prettiest piece of china, my dear.
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I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for.
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I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better
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I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better
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Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before.
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