If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable.

Quote by William Congreve

Topics: Love Quotes

Beauty is the lover's gift.

Beauty is the lover's gift.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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,...

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,...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

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...

'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...

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

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:...

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...