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Aye, 'tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.

William Congreve

Don't let us be familiar or fond, nor kiss before folks, like my Lady Fadler and Sir Francis…Let us be very strange and well-bred: Let us be as strange as if we had been married a great while, and as well-bred as if we were not married at all.

William Congreve

All well bred persons lie – Besides, you are a woman; you must never speak what you think…

William Congreve