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William Congreve quotes: Let us be very strange and well-bred:Let us be as strange as if we had been married a great while;And as well-bred as if we were not married at all. Let us be very strange and well-bred:Let us be as strange as if we had been married a great while;And as well-bred as if we were not married at all.
William Congreve quotes: I am always of the opinion with the learned, if they speak first. I am always of the opinion with the learned, if they speak first.
William Congreve quotes: Every man plays the fool once in his live, but to marry is playing the fool all one's life long. Every man plays the fool once in his live, but to marry is playing the fool all one's life long.
William Congreve quotes: Guilt is ever at a loss, and confusion waits upon it; when innocence and bold truth are always ready for expression. Guilt is ever at a loss, and confusion waits upon it; when innocence and bold truth are always ready for expression.
William Congreve quotes: I hope you do not think me prone to any iteration of nuptials. I hope you do not think me prone to any iteration of nuptials.
William Congreve quotes: Whoever is king, is also the father of his country. Whoever is king, is also the father of his country.
William Congreve quotes: If there's delight in love, 'Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me. If there's delight in love, 'Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me.
William Congreve quotes: Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds. Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.
William Congreve quotes: For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though late, a sure reward succeeds. For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though late, a sure reward succeeds.
William Congreve quotes: These articles subscribed, if I continue to endure you a little longer, I may by degrees dwindle into wife. These articles subscribed, if I continue to endure you a little longer, I may by degrees dwindle into wife.
William Congreve quotes: Men are apt to offend ('tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive. Men are apt to offend ('tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive.
William Congreve quotes: One no more owes one's beauty to a lover than one's wit to an echo One no more owes one's beauty to a lover than one's wit to an echo
William Congreve quotes: Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight. Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.
William Congreve quotes: Music hath charms to sooth a savage breast. Music hath charms to sooth a savage breast.
William Congreve quotes: Wit must be foiled by wit: cut a diamond with a diamond. Wit must be foiled by wit: cut a diamond with a diamond.
William Congreve quotes: Women are like tricks by sleight of hand,Which, to admire, we should not understand Women are like tricks by sleight of hand,
Which, to admire, we should not understand
William Congreve quotes: How hard a thing 'twould be to please you all. How hard a thing 'twould be to please you all.
William Congreve quotes: O, nothing is more alluring than a levee from a couch in some confusion. O, nothing is more alluring than a levee from a couch in some confusion.
William Congreve quotes: No mask like open truth to cover lies, As to go naked is the best disguise. No mask like open truth to cover lies, As to go naked is the best disguise.
William Congreve quotes: Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing. Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.
William Congreve quotes: A little scorn is alluring. A little scorn is alluring.
William Congreve quotes: Though marriage makes man and wife one flesh, it leaves 'em still two fools. Though marriage makes man and wife one flesh, it leaves 'em still two fools.
William Congreve quotes: You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict your thoughts, but your actions may contradict your words. You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict your thoughts, but your actions may contradict your words.
William Congreve quotes: I nauseate walking; 'tis a country diversion, I loathe the country. I nauseate walking; 'tis a country diversion, I loathe the country.
William Congreve quotes: Love's but a frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined. Love's but a frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined.
William Congreve quotes: A wit should be no more sincere than a woman constant. A wit should be no more sincere than a woman constant.
William Congreve quotes: Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
William Congreve quotes: Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
William Congreve quotes: A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring. A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.
William Congreve quotes: In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me. In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me.
William Congreve quotes: A woman only obliges a man to secrecy, that she may have the pleasure of telling herself. A woman only obliges a man to secrecy, that she may have the pleasure of telling herself.
William Congreve quotes: Marriage is honourable, as you say; and if so, wherefore should Cuckoldom be a Discredit, being deriv'd from so honourable a Root? Marriage is honourable, as you say; and if so, wherefore should Cuckoldom be a Discredit, being deriv'd from so honourable a Root?
William Congreve quotes: Heav'n hath no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd. Heav'n hath no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,
Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd.
William Congreve quotes: O, she is the antidote to desire. O, she is the antidote to desire.
William Congreve quotes: There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh ... 'tis such a vulgar expression of the passion! There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh ... 'tis such a vulgar expression of the passion!
William Congreve quotes: No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me. No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me.
William Congreve quotes: A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty. A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty.
William Congreve quotes: If happiness in self-content is placed, The wise are wretched, and fools only blessed. If happiness in self-content is placed, The wise are wretched, and fools only blessed.
William Congreve quotes: A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one. A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one.
William Congreve quotes: Beauty is the lover's gift. Beauty is the lover's gift.
William Congreve quotes: Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved. Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
William Congreve quotes: Musick has charms to soothe a savage breast Musick has charms to soothe a savage breast
William Congreve quotes: Music alone with sudden charms can bind The wand'ring sense, and calm the troubled mind. Music alone with sudden charms can bind The wand'ring sense, and calm the troubled mind.
William Congreve quotes: O fie, miss, you must not kiss and tell. O fie, miss, you must not kiss and tell.
William Congreve quotes: One minute gives invention to destroy; What to rebuild, will a whole age employ. One minute gives invention to destroy; What to rebuild, will a whole age employ.
William Congreve quotes: Nothing but you can lay hold of my mind, and that can lay hold of nothing but you. Nothing but you can lay hold of my mind, and that can lay hold of nothing but you.
William Congreve quotes: They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom. They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.
William Congreve quotes: He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views. He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.
William Congreve quotes: Hannibal was a very pretty fellow in those days. Hannibal was a very pretty fellow in those days.
William Congreve quotes: In hours of bliss we oft have met:They could not always last;And though the present I regret,I'm grateful for the past. In hours of bliss we oft have met:
They could not always last;
And though the present I regret,
I'm grateful for the past.
William Congreve quotes: Words are the weak support of cold indifference; love has no language to be heard. Words are the weak support of cold indifference; love has no language to be heard.
William Congreve quotes: I always take blushing either for a sign of guilt, or of ill breeding. I always take blushing either for a sign of guilt, or of ill breeding.
William Congreve quotes: I came up stairs into the world, for I was born in a cellar. I came up stairs into the world, for I was born in a cellar.
William Congreve quotes: It is the business of a comic poet to paint the vices and follies of human kind. It is the business of a comic poet to paint the vices and follies of human kind.
William Congreve quotes: I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections. I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections.
William Congreve quotes: There are times when sense may be unseasonable, as well as truth. There are times when sense may be unseasonable, as well as truth.
William Congreve quotes: He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure. He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.
William Congreve quotes: If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable. If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable.
William Congreve quotes: You'll grow devilish fat upon this paper-diet! You'll grow devilish fat upon this paper-diet!
William Congreve quotes: Marriage indeed may qualify the fury of his passion, but it very rarely mends a man's manners. Marriage indeed may qualify the fury of his passion, but it very rarely mends a man's manners.
William Congreve quotes: Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study. Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study.
William Congreve quotes: 'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman. 'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.
William Congreve quotes: Delay not till tomorrow to be wise; tomorrow's sun to thee may neve rise. Delay not till tomorrow to be wise; tomorrow's sun to thee may neve rise.
William Congreve quotes: I know that's a secret, for it's whispered everywhere. I know that's a secret, for it's whispered everywhere.
William Congreve quotes: There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire. There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.
William Congreve quotes: To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task. To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task.
William Congreve quotes: Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure. Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.
William Congreve quotes: I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit. I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit.
William Congreve quotes: They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week. They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week.
William Congreve quotes: Some by experience find those words mis-placed: At leisure married, they repent in haste. Some by experience find those words mis-placed: At leisure married, they repent in haste.
William Congreve quotes: To converse with Scandal is to play at Losing Loadum, you must lose a good name to him, before you can win it for yourself. To converse with Scandal is to play at Losing Loadum, you must lose a good name to him, before you can win it for yourself.
William Congreve quotes: Who pleases one against his will. Who pleases one against his will.
William Congreve quotes: Honor is a public enemy, and conscience a domestic, and he that would secure his pleasure, must pay a tribute to one and go halves with t'other. Honor is a public enemy, and conscience a domestic, and he that would secure his pleasure, must pay a tribute to one and go halves with t'other.
William Congreve quotes: I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull. I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.
William Congreve quotes: Thou art a retailer of phrases, and dost deal in remnants of remnants. Thou art a retailer of phrases, and dost deal in remnants of remnants.
William Congreve quotes: Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.
William Congreve quotes: Women like flames have a destroying power; never to be quenched till they themselves devour. Women like flames have a destroying power; never to be quenched till they themselves devour.
William Congreve quotes: Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play. (quoted in Life After Life) Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.
(quoted in Life After Life)

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