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I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit.

— William Congreve

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Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.

Love for Love (1695)

I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.

The Old Bachelor (1693)

I warrant you, if he danced till doomsday, he thought I was to pay the piper.

Love for Love (1695)

And the prettiest foot! Oh, if a man could but fasten his eyes to her feet, as they steal in and out, and play at bo-peep under her petticoats!

Love for Love (1695)

Women are like tricks by sleight of hand,
Which, to admire, we should not understand.

Love for Love (1695)

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Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

Karl Barth The Harper Book of Quotations (1993)

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