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• I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.

  George Farquhar

  Food, Sleep, Beer

  'The Beaux' Stratagem' (1707) act 1, sc. 1

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• Since a woman must wear chains, I would have the pleasure of hearing 'em rattle a little.

  George Farquhar

  Littles, Hearing, Ems

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• Like hungry guests, a sitting audience looks / Plays are like suppers; poets are the cooks / The founder's you; the table is this place / The carvers we; the prologue is the grace / Each act a course, each scene, a different dish.

  George Farquhar

  Play, Grace, Theatre

  James Pocock, James Townley, David Garrick, George Farquhar, Nicholas Rowe (1818). “Hit Or Miss! A Musical Farce in Two Acts”

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• Aimwell: Then you understand Latin, Mr. Bonniface? Bonniface: Not I, Sir, as the saying is, but he talks it so very fast that I'm sure it must be good.

  George Farquhar

  Latin, Be Good

  'The Beaux' Stratagem' (1707) act 3, sc. 2

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• I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

  George Farquhar

  Believe, Belief, Ridicule

  'The Beaux' Stratagem' (1707) act 3, sc. 1

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• How a little love and good company improves a woman.

  George Farquhar

  Women, Littles, Good Company

  Mr. George Farquhar, Mr. Ambrose Philips, Nicholas Rowe (1720). “A Collection of the Best English Plays, Chosen Out of All the Best Authors..: Vol. XIII.”, p.66

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• 'Tis a strange thing, Sam, that among us people can't agree the whole week, because they go different ways upon Sundays.

  George Farquhar

  Sunday, People, Atheism

  George Farquhar (1772). “The Works of the Late Ingenious Mr. George Farquhar: Containing All His Poems, Letters, Essays and Comedies”, p.24

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• Women never really command until they have given their promise to obey; and they are never in more danger of being made slaves than when the men are at their feet.

  George Farquhar

  Men, Feet, Promise

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• Hanging and marriage, you know, go by destiny.

  George Farquhar

  Destiny, Knows

  'The Recruiting Officer' (1706) act 3, sc. 2

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• Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.

  George Farquhar

  Journey, Names, Captains

  John Bell, Joseph Addison, Michael Arne, John Banks, John Brown (1796). “British Theatre: Sir Harry Wildair”

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• Do you think a woman's silence can be natural?

  George Farquhar

  Thinking, Silence, Natural

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• Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise.

  George Farquhar

  Men, Hearing, Modesty

  William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.599

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• Tis a question whether adversity or prosperity makes the most poets.

  George Farquhar

  Adversity, Prosperity, Poet

  George Farquhar (1736). “The twin-rivals: A comedy. : As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane: by her Majesty's servants”, p.81

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