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William Congreve Quotes: Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
         

Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.


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Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
         



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Love's but the frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined; A sickly flame, which if not fed expires; And feeding, wastes in self-consuming fires.





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