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Susannah Centlivre
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“Friendship's a noble Name, 'tis Love refin'd ...”
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“What Business had you to get Children, without you had Cabbage enough to maintain 'em?”
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“'Tis better never to be named than to be ill spoken of.”
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“All Policy's allow'd in War and Love.”
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“... but me no buts ..”
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“... a Man that wants Money thinks none can be unhappy that has it ...”
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“Want, the Mistress of Invention, still tempts me on.”
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“... my present Profession is Physick — Now, when my Pockets are full, I cure a Patient in three Days; when they are empty, I keep him three Months.”
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“Resolve to be merry though the ship were sinking.”
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“... 'tis my Opinion, ev'ry Man cheats in his Way — And he is only honest who is not discover'd.”
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“... nobody can boast of Honesty till they are try'd ...”
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“... he is as melancholy as an unbrac'd Drum.”
Susannah Centlivre, English playwright
(1669 - 1723)