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

Quote by William Congreve

Topics: Confidence Quotes

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

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

Beauty is the lover's gift

Beauty is the lover's gift

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

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...

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.

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.

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:...

I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.

I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness,...

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness,...

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...

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...

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

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

Beauty is the lover's gift.

Beauty is the lover's gift.