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William Wycherley Quotes: "Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close."

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



William Wycherley Quotes: "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.




William Wycherley Quotes: "I love to be envied, and would not marry a wife that I alone could love; loving alone is as dull as eating alone."

I love to be envied, and would not marry a wife that I alone could love; loving alone is as dull as eating alone.



William Wycherley Quotes: "Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding."

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




William Wycherley Quotes: "Money makes up in a measure all other wants in men."

Money makes up in a measure all other wants in men.



William Wycherley Quotes: "Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one."

Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one.



William Wycherley Quotes: "But methings wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it"

But methings 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 Quotes: "He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool."

He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool.



William Wycherley Quotes: "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.



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

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



William Wycherley Quotes: "With faint praises one another damn."

With faint praises one another damn.



William Wycherley Quotes: "A beauty masked, like the sun in eclipse, gathers together more gazers than if it shined out."

A beauty masked, like the sun in eclipse, gathers together more gazers than if it shined out.




William Wycherley Quotes: "Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em."

Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em.



William Wycherley Quotes: "Poets, like friends to whom you are in debt, you hate."

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



William Wycherley Quotes: "Grief is so far from retrieving a loss that it makes it greater; but the way to lessen it is by a comparison with others' losses."

Grief is so far from retrieving a loss that it makes it greater; but the way to lessen it is by a comparison with others' losses.



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

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



William Wycherley Quotes: "Temperance is the nurse of chastity."

Temperance is the nurse of chastity.



William Wycherley Quotes: "Charity and good-nature give a sanction to the most common actions; and pride and ill-nature make our best virtues despicable."

Charity and good-nature give a sanction to the most common actions; and pride and ill-nature make our best virtues despicable.



William Wycherley Quotes: "As wit is too hard for power in council, so power is too hard for wit in action."

As wit is too hard for power in council, so power is too hard for wit in action.



William Wycherley Quotes: "Wit has as few true judges as painting."

Wit has as few true judges as painting.



William Wycherley Quotes: "Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business."

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



William Wycherley Quotes: "Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be/Yet such wherein men may thy judgment see."

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



William Wycherley Quotes: "Necessity, mother of invention."

Necessity, mother of invention.



William Wycherley Quotes: "Poetry in love is no more to be avoided than jealousy."

Poetry in love is no more to be avoided than jealousy.



William Wycherley Quotes: "Drinking with women is as unnatural as scolding with 'em."

Drinking with women is as unnatural as scolding with 'em.



William Wycherley Quotes: "A good name is seldom got by giving it oneself."

A good name is seldom got by giving it oneself.



William Wycherley Quotes: "Your women of honor, as you call 'em , are only chary of their reputations, not their persons, and 'tis scandal they would avoid, not men."

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



William Wycherley Quotes: "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.



William Wycherley Quotes: "Women serve but to keep a man from better company."

Women serve but to keep a man from better company.



William Wycherley Quotes: "Wine gives you liberty, love takes it away."

Wine gives you liberty, love takes it away.



William Wycherley Quotes: "Have as much good nature as good sense since they generally are companions."

Have as much good nature as good sense since they generally are companions.



William Wycherley Quotes: "Ceremony and great professing renders friendship as much suspect as it does religion."

Ceremony and great professing renders friendship as much suspect as it does religion.