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Quote by William Wycherley
A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town,

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

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For your own sake you should give her a new gown; for variety of dresses rouses desire, and makes an old mistress seem every day a new one. – William Wycherley

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You may build castles in the air, and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please. But I tell you, no man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or will be so. – Sir John Vanbrugh

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Adultery itself in its principle is many times nothing but a curious inquisition after, and envy of another mans enclosed pleasures: and there have been many who refused fairer objects that they might ravish an enclosed woman from her retirement and single possessor. – Jeremy Taylor

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The hood-winked husband shows his anger, and the word jealous is flung in his face. Jealous husband equals betrayed husband. And there are women who look upon jealousy as synonymous with impotence, so that the betrayed husband can only shut his eyes, powerless in the face of such accusations. – J. August Strindberg

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I never had but one intrigue yet: but I confess I long to have another. Pray heaven it end as the first did tho , that we may both grow weary at a time; for Tis a melancholy thing for lovers to outlive one another. – Sir John Vanbrugh

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