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For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any time and in every way; its use, noble as it is, has its circumscriptions and limits. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne		Monday Feb 02, 2026
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Aimwell: Then you understand Latin, Mr. Bonniface? Bonniface: Not I, Sir, as the saying is, but he talks it so very fast that Im sure it must be good. George Farquhar

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	George Farquhar
	George Farquhar (1677 or 1678 - April 29, 1707) was an Irish dramatist. He is noted for his contributions to late Restoration comedy, particularly for his plays The Recruiting Officer (1706) and The Beaux' Stratagem (1707). Read More

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Poetry's a mere drug, Sir.

My Lady Bountiful.

No woman can be a beauty without a fortune.

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

Aimwell: Then you understand Latin, Mr. Bonniface? Bonniface: Not I, Sir, as the saying is, but he talks it so very fast that Im sure it must be good.

Captain is a good traveling name, and so I take it.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

It is a maxim that man and wife should never have it in their power to hang one another.

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.