Why will mankind be fools, and be deceived? And why are fri… - William Congreve

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Why will mankind be fools, and be deceived? And why are friends’ and lovers’ oaths believed; When each, who searches strictly his own mind, May so much fraud and power of baseness find?

William Congreve

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William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright and poet.

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