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William Congreve Quotes: To converse with Scandal is to play at Losing Loadum, you must lose a good name to him, before you can win it for yourself.
         

To converse with Scandal is to play at Losing Loadum, you must lose a good name to him, before you can win it for yourself.


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This page presents the quote "To converse with Scandal is to play at Losing Loadum, you must lose a good name to him, before you can win it for yourself.". Author of this quote is William Congreve. This quote is about play, scandal, names, you can win, losing, winning,.