William Wycherley

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

— William Wycherley

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

— William Wycherley

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Poets, like friends to whom you are in debt, you hate. ↗

— William Wycherley

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Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see. ↗

— William Wycherley

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Wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it. ↗

— William Wycherley

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Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding. ↗

— William Wycherley

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Women serve but to keep a man from better company. ↗

— William Wycherley

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Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men. ↗

— William Wycherley

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