Quote#Kindness
Vows with so much passion, swears with so much grace
Quote byNathaniel Lee · 1653–1692
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Rival Queens, or the Death of Alexander the Great (1677), Act i., Sc. 3..
English (original)
Vows with so much passion, swears with so much grace, That ’t is a kind of heaven to be deluded by him.
— Nathaniel Lee
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