George Etherege Quotes

Sir George Etherege was an English dramatist. He wrote the plays The Comical Revenge or, Love in a Tub in 1664, She Would if She Could in 1668, and The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter in 1676. Wikipedia

✵ 1635 – 1692

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The Man of Mode

The Man of Mode

George Etherege

The Man of Mode

The Man of Mode

George Etherege

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Famous George Etherege Quotes

“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.”

George Etherege The Man of Mode

Act II, sc. ii
The Man of Mode (1676)

“Next to the coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.”

George Etherege The Man of Mode

Act I
The Man of Mode (1676)

“I know all beyond High Park's a desert to you.”

George Etherege The Man of Mode

Act V, sc. ii
Often misquoted as "Beyond Hyde Park all is a desert".
The Man of Mode (1676)

“Writing, madam, is a mechanic part of wit. A gentleman should never go beyond a song or a billet.”

George Etherege The Man of Mode

Act IV, sc. i
The Man of Mode (1676)

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