George Etherege: Frasi in inglese
“Next to the coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.”
Act I
The Man of Mode (1676)
“I know all beyond High Park's a desert to you.”
Act V, sc. ii
Often misquoted as "Beyond Hyde Park all is a desert".
The Man of Mode (1676)
“Writing, madam, is a mechanic part of wit. A gentleman should never go beyond a song or a billet.”
Act IV, sc. i
The Man of Mode (1676)