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Tuesday, 7 October 2008

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All that glitters is not gold.

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I never had but one intrigue yet: but I confess I long to have another. Pray heaven it end as the first did tho , that we may both grow weary at a time; for 'Tis a melancholy thing for lovers to outlive one another.

-- Vanbrugh, Sir John | Adultery

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The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable.

-- Vanbrugh, Sir John | Desire

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You may build castles in the air, and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please. But I tell you, no man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or will be so.

-- Vanbrugh, Sir John | Infidelity

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If women were humbler, men would be more honest.

-- Vanbrugh, Sir John | Men and Women

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Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

-- Vanbrugh, Sir John | Virtue

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