Sir George Etherege Quotes

   c.1635 - 1691

English  dramatist,  who  spent  most  of  his  life  in  royal  service abroad.    Inspired   by   Moli  e' re,    he   founded   the   comedy   of intrigue in English literature. 315

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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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— 1676  The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter, act 2, sc.2.

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Whenlovegrows diseased,thebestthing we candoisto put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion.

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— 1676  The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter, act 2, sc.2.

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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.

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