“A scrupulous man will never produce a great novel.”
Quote by Julien Green
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Julien Green
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Source: The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar: With Biographical and Critical Notices
“One minute gives invention to destroy; What to rebuild, will a whole age employ.”
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“A woman only obliges a man to secrecy, that she may have the pleasure of telling herself.”
Source: THE ENGLISH THEATRE IN EIGHT VOLUMES: CONTAINING The Most Valuable PLAYS Which Have Been Acted on the LONDON STAGE.. INCONSTANT. By Mr. Farzuhar ; LOVE FOR LOVE. By Mr. Congreve ; LOVE MAKES A MAN. By C. Cibber, Esq. ; LYING LOVER. By Sir Rich. Steele ; PROVOKED WIFE. By Sir John Vanbrugh. VOL. V.
“There are times when sense may be unseasonable, as well as truth.”
Source: The Double-Dealer, a comedy, etc
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