Sally O'Reilly quotes
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“If I wish to be well in my mind, then I must write, and there is no cure for my ambition, and thank the Lord for that.”
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“I know that great gifts come at a price, and that not all talent inspires admiration.”
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“I speak of knowledge, sir, which is not the bed-equal of learning ... I speak of what comes from learning. I speak of understanding.”
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“Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.”
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“Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.”
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“Old married people look so much alike that they have the same number of hairs in their ears.”
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“Grave authors say, and witty poets sing, That honest wedlock is a glorious thing.”
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“Divorce is the key that opens the strongbox where the bonds of matrimony are kept under wedlock.”
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“For any man to match above his rank is but to sell his liberty.”
Source : Philip Massinger, William Gifford, John Ferriar (1805). “Introduction; Essay on the dramatick writings of Massinger, by John Ferriar; Commendatory verses on Massinger; A list of Massinger's plays; Glossarial index. The virgin-martyr. The unnatural combat. The Duke of Milan”, p.24
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