A wit should be no more sincere than a woman constant.

Quote by William Congreve

Topics: Women Quotes

No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me.

No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me.

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a...

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a...

A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make...

A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make...

Nature, to each allots his proper Sphere, But, that forsaken, we like Comets err: Toss'd...

Nature, to each allots his proper Sphere, But, that forsaken, we like Comets err: Toss'd...

They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according...

They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according...

He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the...

He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the...

Wit must be foiled by wit : cut a diamond with a diamond

Wit must be foiled by wit : cut a diamond with a diamond

In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of...

In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of...

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.

Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted...

Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted...

Believe it, Men have ever been the same, And all the Golden Age is but...

Believe it, Men have ever been the same, And all the Golden Age is but...

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.

There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to...

There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to...

Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em:...

Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em:...

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict...

You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict...

A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.

A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.

Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study.

Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study.

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.

To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor...

To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor...