"Sop to Cerebus."
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William Congreve, Love for Love, Act I, scene 1; reported as a proverb in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 642.
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William Congreve
William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright and poet.
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