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1 " How I should despise such a thing if I were a man. What a nose she has! what a chin! what a neck! Then her eyes--and the worst kissing lips in the universe. "
― John Vanbrugh , The Provok'd Wife: A Comedy
2 " The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable. "
― John Vanbrugh
3 " Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing goodwhich sufficiently pays itself. "
4 " Once a woman has given you her heart, you can never get rid of the rest of her. "
5 " Shield me, kind heaven, what an inundation of impertinence is here coming upon us! "
6 " True virtue, wheresoever it moves, still carries an intrinsic worthabout it. "
7 " No man is worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or ever will be so. "
8 " Thinking is to me the greatest fatigue in the world. "
9 " Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass. "
