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William Congreve Quotes

List of quotations and sayings by the english poet William Congreve on topics like love, charms, savage

  • Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

    — William Congreve on anger
    10
  • Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life.

    — William Congreve on joy
    7
  • If there's delight in love, 'Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me.

    — William Congreve on love
    6
  • I know that's a secret, for it's whispered everywhere.

    — William Congreve on secrets
    4
  • Courtship to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

    — William Congreve on marriage
    4
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  • Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.

    — William Congreve on results
    4
  • A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant;

    one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty.

    — William Congreve on sincerity
    3
  • I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.

    — William Congreve on conversation
    2
  • Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.N.B.: This quote is commonly misquoted as savage beast.

    — William Congreve on music
    2
  • Men are apt to offend ('tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive.

    — William Congreve on insults
    1
  • She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes;

    And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises.

    — William Congreve on despises
    1
  • They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week.

    — William Congreve on gossip
    1
  • About William Congreve

    Name William Congreve
    Quotes 22 quotations
    Nationality English
    Profession Poet
    Birthday October 16
    About "William Congreve was an English playwright and poet.... William Congreve wrote some of the most popular English plays of the Restoration period of the late 17th century. By the age of thirty, he had written four comedies, including Love for Love (premiered 30 April 1695) and The Way of the World (premiered 1700), and one tragedy, The Mourning Bride (1697).
    Top topics love, charms, savage, music, succeeds
  • 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 on criticism
    1
  • Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

    — William Congreve on marriage
    1
  • '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 on education
    0
  • Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study.

    — William Congreve on inspirational
    0
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  • If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable.

    — William Congreve on love
    0
  • Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.

    — William Congreve on expectation
    0
  • Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

    — William Congreve on music
    0
  • They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.

    — William Congreve on ancient
    0
  • I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.

    — William Congreve on secret
    0
  • Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

    — William Congreve on love
    0
  • Related Topics

    • anger
    • heaven
    • rage
    • love
    • hatred
    • turned
    • hell
    • fury
    • woman
    • scorned
    • joy
    • excitement
    • uncertainty
    • expectation
    • joys
    • life
    • delight
    • heart
    • bleed
    • secrets
    • secret
    • whispered
    • marriage
    • courtship
    • witty
    • prologue
    • dull
    • play
    • results
    • blessings
    • wait
    • virtuous
    • deeds
    • late
    • reward

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