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Top 18 William Wycherley Quotes in 2020

By: Quotes Guru | Last Updated: June 19, 2020

“Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.”

― William Wycherley

“Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.”

― William Wycherley

“Come, for my part I will have only those glorious, manly pleasures of being very drunk, and very slovenly.”

― William Wycherley

“Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before.”

― William Wycherley

“Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding.”

― William Wycherley

“A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.”

― William Wycherley

“Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see.”

― William Wycherley

“I have heard people eat most heartily of another man’s meat, that is, what they do not pay for.”

― William Wycherley

“Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em.”

― William Wycherley

“Women serve but to keep a man from better company.”

― William Wycherley

“Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and ‘Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men.”

― William Wycherley

“I weigh the man, not his title; ’tis not the king’s stamp can make the metal better.”

― William Wycherley

“Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business.”

― William Wycherley

“Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one.”

― William Wycherley

“Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court.”

― William Wycherley

“Poets, like friends to whom you are in debt, you hate.”

― William Wycherley

“Wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it.”

― William Wycherley

“He’s a fool that marries, but he’s a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?”

― William Wycherley

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