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She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises.

She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises.

William Congreve
Hate, Laughing, Likes
William Congreve (1818). “The Poetical Works of William Congreve. With the Life of the Author. Cooke's Edition, Etc. [With a Portrait.]”, p.67

She once used me with that insolence, that in revenge I took her to pieces; sifted her, and separated her failings; I studied 'em, and got 'em by rote. The catalogue was so large, that I was not without hopes, one day or other to hate her heartily.

William Congreve
Revenge, Hate, One Day
1700 The Way of the World, act 1, sc.3.

O ay, letters - I had letters - I am persecuted with letters - I hate letters - nobody knows how to write letters; and yet one has 'em, one does not know why - they serve one to pin up one's hair.

William Congreve
Hate, Writing, Hair
1700 The Way of the World, act 2, sc.5.

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