William Congreve

Name: The Way of the World — Prologue, spoken by Thomas Betterton
Author: William Congreve

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“The Way of the World — Prologue, spoken by Thomas Betterton”, published in 1700, is a work by William Congreve. It explores elements such as diff'rent.

Quotes from The Way of the World — Prologue… (William Congreve)

William Congreve, The Way of the World — Prologue… (1700)

“ Sure scribbling fools, called poets, fare the worst:
For they're a sort of fools which fortune makes,
And, after she has made 'em fools, forsakes.
With Nature's oafs 'tis quite a diff'rent case,
For Fortune favours all her idiot race. ”

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William Congreve

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