Come, for my part I will have only those glorious, manly pleasures of being very drunk, and very slovenly.

Quote by William Wycherley

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He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool;...

He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool;...

Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the...

Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the...

Women serve but to keep a man from better company.

Women serve but to keep a man from better company.

Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.

Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.

Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business.

Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business.

Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other.

Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other.

Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and...

Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and...

Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding.

Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding.

I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they...

I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they...

Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy...

Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy...

Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business

Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business

Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what...

Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what...

Wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has...

Wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has...

Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not...

Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not...

Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of...

Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of...

I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the...

I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the...

Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other

Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip...

Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip...

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...