Quotes of William Wycherley - somelinesforyou

“ I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better. ”

- William Wycherley

“ Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court. ”

- William Wycherley

“ We increase our losses ourselves, and club with fortune to undo us, when with them we lose our patience, too; as infants that, being robbed of some of their baubles, throw away the rest in childish anger. ”

- William Wycherley

“ Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other. ”

- William Wycherley

“ Women serve but to keep a man from better company. ”

- William Wycherley

“ Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court. ”

- William Wycherley

“ Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding. ”

- William Wycherley

“ Come, for my part I will have only those glorious, manly pleasures of being very drunk, and very slovenly. ”

- William Wycherley

“ Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court. ”

- William Wycherley

“ Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by them. ”

- William Wycherley

“ Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men. ”

- William Wycherley

“ With faint praises one another damn. ”

- William Wycherley

“ With faint praises one another damn. ”

- William Wycherley

“ 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

“ 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

“ Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures. ”

- William Wycherley

“ Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court. ”

- William Wycherley

“ Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures. ”

- William Wycherley

“ With faint praises one another damn. ”

- William Wycherley

“ Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures. ”

- William Wycherley

“ Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court. ”

- William Wycherley

“ 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

“ Come, for my part I will have only those glorious, manly pleasures of being very drunk, and very slovenly. ”

- William Wycherley

“ Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding. ”

- William Wycherley

“ Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by them. ”

- William Wycherley

“ I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better. ”

- William Wycherley

“ I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for. ”

- William Wycherley

“ Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court. ”

- William Wycherley

“ With faint praises one another damn. ”

- William Wycherley

“ With faint praises one another damn. ”

- William Wycherley
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