William Congreve citations

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“Thou art a retailer of phrases, and dost deal in remnants of remnants, like a maker of pincushions; thou art in truth (metaphorically speaking) a speaker of shorthand.”

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William Congreve The Way of the World

Act IV, scene ix
The Way of the World (1700)

“They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week.”

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William Congreve The Way of the World

Act I, scene i
The Way of the World (1700)

“Now will I, in my old way, discover the whole and real truth of the matter to him, that he may not suspect one word on’t.
No mask like open truth to cover lies,
As to go naked is the best disguise.”

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William Congreve The Double Dealer

Act V, scene iv
The Double Dealer (1694)

“O, she is the antidote to desire.”

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William Congreve The Way of the World

Act IV, scene xiv
The Way of the World (1700)

“It is the business of a comic poet to paint the vices and follies of human kind.”

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William Congreve The Double Dealer

Epistle dedicatory
The Double Dealer (1694)