Beauty is the lover's gift

Quote by William Congreve

Topics: Beauty Quotes, Gifts Quotes

She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while...

She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while...

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.

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education...

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education...

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

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

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

If there's delight in love, 'tis when I see That heart, which others bleed for,...

If there's delight in love, 'tis when I see That heart, which others bleed for,...

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...

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...

I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very...

I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very...

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the...

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the...

They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the...

They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the...

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...

I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being...

I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being...

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...