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Quote by William Congreve
A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues

A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty. – William Congreve

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To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion. – George Eliot

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There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body. – William Hazlitt

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Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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