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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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Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass. – William Congreve

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There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire. – William Congreve

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Sincerity is the highest complement you can pay, – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Frank and explicit — that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others. – Benjamin Disraeli

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