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A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the wo

A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine. – John Gay

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The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wifes spirits. – John Gay

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We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having any company on the way. – Frank Moore Colby

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The ability to sign a check is the least reliable guide to a companys fitness. – David Plowright

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For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one, silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention. – Lord Chesterfield

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Company, villainous company, hath been the spoil of me. – William Shakespeare

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