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Quotation by William Wycherley
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William Wycherley (11)Additional Sources
Advice to a Young Friend on the Choice of his LibraryDorilant, in The Country Wife (1675)Harcourt, in The Country WifeHorner, in The Country WifeHorner, in The Country Wife (1675)Related Subjects
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Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by 'em.
William Wycherley (1640–1716), British dramatist. Harcourt, in The Country Wife, act 1.
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