Sir George Etherege Quotes
c.1635 - 1691
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What a dull, insipid thing is a billet-doux written in cold blood, after the
heat of the business is over!
1676 The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter, act1, sc.1. 
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More Sir George Etherege Quotes
Like dancers on the ropes poor poets fare, Most perish young, the rest in danger are.
Sir George Etherege— 1676 The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter, prologue.
Next to the coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.
Sir George Etherege— 1676 The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter, act1, sc.1.
I know heisa devil, but hehassomethingoftheangel yet undefaced in him, which makes him so charming and agreeable that I must love him, be he never so wicked.
Sir George Etherege— 1676 The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter, act 2, sc.2.
We are not masters of our own affections; our inclinations dailyalter: now we love pleasure, and anon we shall dote on business. Human frailty will have it so, and who can help it?
Sir George Etherege— 1676 The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter, act 2, sc.2.
Whenlovegrows diseased,thebestthing we candoisto put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion.
Sir George Etherege— 1676 The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter, act 2, sc.2.
I must confess I am a fop in my heart; ill customs influence my very senses, and I have been so used to affectation that without the help of the air of the court what is natural cannot touch me.
Sir George Etherege— 1688 Letter to Mr Poley,12 Jan.
