William Wycherley Quotes
d. 1716 England
William Wycherley (c. 1640 – 1 January 1716) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period.
Also known as: Wycherley, William
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I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better.
The Plain Dealer (1677)
'Tis my maxim, he's a fool that marries; but he's a greater that does not marry a fool.
The Country Wife (1775)
And with faint praises one another damn.
The Plain Dealer (1677)
Necessity, the mother of invention.
Love in a Wood (1671)
Go, go to your business, I say, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business.
Poets, like friends to whom you are in debt, you hate.
You are of the society of the wits and railleurs … the surest sign is, since you are an enemy to marriage,—for that, I hear, you hate as much as business or bad wine.
The Country Wife (1775)
With faint praises one another damn.