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'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.
The Rivals (1775)
Never say more than is necessary.
The Rivals (1775)
The quarrel is a very pretty quarrel as it stands; we should only spoil it by trying to explain it.
The Rivals (1775)
A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.
The Rivals (1775)
You are not like Cerberus, three gentlemen at once, are you?
The Rivals (1775)
As headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
The Rivals (1775)
Through all the drama — whether damned or not —
Love gilds the scene, and women guide the plot.
The Rivals (1775)
Our ancestors are very good kind of folks; but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with.
The Rivals (1775)
There's nothing like being used to a thing.
The Rivals (1775)
We will not anticipate the past; so mind, young people, — our retrospection will be all to the future.
The Rivals (1775)
As there are three of us come on purpose for the game, you won't be so cantankerous as to spoil the party by sitting out.
The Rivals (1775)
Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory.
The Rivals (1775)
If I reprehend anything in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!
The Rivals (1775)
She’s as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
The Rivals (1775)
You're our enemy; lead the way, and we 'll precede.
The Rivals (1775)
No caparisons, miss, if you please. Caparisons don't become a young woman.
The Rivals (1775)
My valour is certainly going!—it is sneaking off!—I feel it oozing out as it were at the palms of my hands!
The Rivals (1775)
My valor is certainly going!—it is sneaking off!—I feel it oozing out, as it were, at the palms of my hands.
The Rivals (1775)
I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning.
The Rivals (1775)
One moral's plain, * * * without more fuss;
Man's social happiness all rests on us:
Through all the drama—whether damn'd! or not—
Love gilds the scene, and women guide the plot.
The Rivals (1775)