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Famous George Farquhar Quotes
“Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise.”
Source: Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840
Source: The Beaux' Stratagem: A Comedy in Five Acts
“It is a maxim that man and wife should never have it in their power to hang one another.”
Source: Comedy of the Beaux Stratagem with the Biography of the Author and a Critique by Richard Cumberland
Source: Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840