Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one. William Wycherley More Quotes by William Wycherley More Quotes From William Wycherley Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be/Yet such wherein men may thy judgment see. William Wycherley friends reading book Your women of honor, as you call 'em , are only chary of their reputations, not their persons, and 'tis scandal they would avoid, not men. William Wycherley women ems honor But methings wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it William Wycherley ugly beauty thinking Poets, like friends to whom you are in debt, you hate. William Wycherley debt poet hate He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool. William Wycherley fool marriage doe Women serve but to keep a man from better company. William Wycherley company women men Ceremony and great professing renders friendship as much suspect as it does religion. William Wycherley ceremony sincerity doe Have as much good nature as good sense since they generally are companions. William Wycherley good-nature companion goodness Wit has as few true judges as painting. William Wycherley wit painting judging As wit is too hard for power in council, so power is too hard for wit in action. William Wycherley council wit action Charity and good-nature give a sanction to the most common actions; and pride and ill-nature make our best virtues despicable. William Wycherley charity pride giving Conversation augments pleasure and diminishes pain by our having shares in either; for silent woes are greatest, as silent satisfaction leas; since sometimes our pleasure would be none but for telling of it, and our grief insupportable but for participation. William Wycherley pain grief sympathy Necessity, mother of invention. William Wycherley invention motherhood mother Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other. William Wycherley hated poet He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold? William Wycherley Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men. William Wycherley Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court. William Wycherley question your argument enough
