William Wycherley Quotes

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• Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.

  William Wycherley

  Fellowship, Pleasure, Rational

  William Wycherley (1751). “The Country Wife: A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal. Written by Mr. Wycherley”, p.10

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• Wine gives you liberty, love takes it away.

  William Wycherley

  Wine, Giving, Liberty

  1675 The Country Wife, act 1, sc.1.

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

  William Wycherley

  Revenge, Jealous, Sleep

  William Wycherley, Peter Dixon (1998). “Country Wife and Other Plays”, p.39, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other.

  William Wycherley

  Poet, Hated

  William Wycherley (2014). “The Country Wife”, p.62, A&C Black

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

  William Wycherley

  Business, Pleasure

  "The Country Wife".

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• 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

  Beauty, Thinking, Ugly

  1675 The Country Wife, act 1, sc.1.

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

  William Wycherley

  Money, Men, Want

  William Wycherley (2012). “Four Great Restoration Comedies”, p.25, Courier Corporation

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

  William Wycherley

  Goodness, Companion, Good Nature

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

  William Wycherley

  Love Is, Avoided

  1675 The Country Wife, act 3, sc.2.

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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.

  William Wycherley

  Country, Night, House

  'The Country Wife' (1672-3) act 1, sc. 1

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

  William Wycherley

  Women, Men, Company

  William Wycherley (2012). “Four Great Restoration Comedies”, p.8, Courier Corporation

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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

  Love, Marriage, Gambling

  William Wycherley, Marvin T. Herrick (1970). “The Country Wife”, p.47, Barron's Educational Series

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

  William Wycherley

  Finding The One, Mistress, Next

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• Necessity, mother of invention.

  William Wycherley

  Mother, Motherhood, Invention

  William Wycherley (1731). “Plays Written by Mr. William Wycherley: Containing The Plain Dealer, The Country Wife, Gentleman Dancing Master, Love in a Wood...”, p.403

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

  William Wycherley

  Men, People, Meat

  William Wycherley (2014). “The Country Wife”, p.136, A&C Black

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• Temperance is the nurse of chastity.

  William Wycherley

  Nurse, Temperance, Chastity

  William Wycherley, William Congreve, Sir John Vanbrugh, George Farquhar (1871). “The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar :”, p.20

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• A good name is seldom got by giving it oneself.

  William Wycherley

  Names, Giving, Oneself

  1675 The Country Wife, act 1, sc.1.

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

  William Wycherley

  Marriage, Doe, 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 they would avoid, not men.

  William Wycherley

  Women, Honor, Ems

  "The Country Wife".

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

  William Wycherley

  Kings, Men, Titles

  Mr. William Wycherley, Mr. John Crown, Colley Cibber “A Collection of the Best English Plays, Chosen Out of All the Best Authors..: Vol. IX.”

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• Conversation augments pleasure and diminishes pain by our having shares in either; for silent woes are greatest, as silent satisfaction leas; since sometimes our pleasure would be none but for telling of it, and our grief insupportable but for participation.

  William Wycherley

  Sympathy, Pain, Grief

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

  William Wycherley

  Drinking, Ems, Scolding

  William Wycherley (2014). “The Country Wife”, p.59, A&C Black

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

  William Wycherley

  Together, Sun, Eclipse

  William Wycherley, Marvin T. Herrick (1970). “The Country Wife”, p.32, Barron's Educational Series

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• 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

  Book, Insomnia, Mistress

  1675 The Country Wife, act 1, sc.1.

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

  William Wycherley

  Love, Quality, Breeding

  William Wycherley, Marvin T. Herrick (1970). “The Country Wife”, p.8, Barron's Educational Series

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