Quote#Wisdom
Let us be very strange and well-bred
Quote byWilliam Congreve · 1670–1729
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Way of the World (1700), Act IV, scene v.
English (original)
Let us be very strange and well-bred: Let us be as strange as if we had been married a great while; And as well-bred as if we were not married at all.
— William Congreve
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