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A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.
William Congreve
William Congreve
William Congreve
Born: Jan 24, 1670
Died: Jan 19, 1729

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Alluring, Scorn, Disdain, Little

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Alexander Pope, Alfred Lord Tennyson, John Keats, John Milton, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning, William Blake, William Wordsworth

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