All well bred persons lie – Besides, you are a woman; you must never speak what you think… - William Congreve

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Heav'n hath no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,
Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd.

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'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.

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Say what you will, ’tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

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