Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by George Etherege

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English dramatist George Etherege.
Last updated on November 24, 2024.
George Etherege

Sir George Etherege was an English dramatist. He wrote the plays The Comical Revenge or, Love in a Tub in 1664, She Would If She Could in 1668, and The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter in 1676.

When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death; I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion.
Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.
When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion. — © George Etherege
When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion.
Next to the coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.
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.
Writing, madam, is a mechanic part of wit. A gentleman should never go beyond a song or a billet.
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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