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Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
Approximate author period: c. 1699 AD · renaissance
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- William Congreve
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- Approximate author period: c. 1699 AD · renaissance
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