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A mans fame and hayre grow most after death, and are both equally uselesse.

— George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

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The world is made up, for the most part, of fools and knaves, both irreconcileable foes to truth.

What a Devil is the Plot good for, but to bring in fine things?

The Rehearsal (1671)

Ay, now the Plot thickens very much upon us.

The Rehearsal (1671)

There are few have Dana's fortune, to have God and gold togather.

The world's a wood, in which all lose their way,
Though by a different path each goes astray.

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