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George Villiers Buckingham (1628 – 1687)


English dramatist, poet, politician, wit and rake.
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George Villiers Buckingham
She that would raise a noble love must find
Ways to beget a passion for her mind;
She must be that which she to the world would seem,
For all true love is grounded on esteem:
Plainness and truth gain more a generous heart
Than all the crooked subtleties of art.
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