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Writing, madam, is a mechanic part of wit. A gentleman should never go beyond a song or a billet.
— George Etherege
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We are not masters of our own affections;
our inclinations dailyalter: now we love pleasure, and anon we shall dote on business. Human frailty will have it so, and who can help it?
I must confess I am a fop in my heart;
ill customs influence my very senses, and I have been so used to affectation that without the help of the air of the court what is natural cannot touch me.
When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death; I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion.
Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.