George Etherege Quotes
c. 1635 – c. May 10 1692
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Next to the coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.
Act I (The Man of Mode (1676)) 
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More George Etherege Quotes
When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion.
George Etherege— Act II, sc. ii
Writing, madam, is a mechanic part of wit. A gentleman should never go beyond a song or a billet.
George Etherege— Act IV, sc. i
I know all beyond High Park's a desert to you.
George Etherege— Act V, sc. ii
— Often misquoted as "Beyond Hyde Park all is a desert".
