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The Country Wife (1675)
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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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'Tis my maxim, he's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool.
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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.
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Go to your business, I say, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business.
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A quack is as fit for a pimp as a midwife for a bawd: they are still but in their way, both helpers of nature.
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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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William Wycherley
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Born:
1640
Died:
1716
(aged 76)
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