Quotes with coyness

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• Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime.

  Andrew Marvell
  English poet, satirist and politician (1621 - 1678)
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• Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.

  Marcus Valerius Martial
  Latin poet and epigrammatist (40 - 104)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• extravagant
• mistress
• fruits
• winter
• prized
• always

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