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

Quote by William Congreve

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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

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.

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

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...

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.

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.

Beauty is the lover's gift.

Beauty is the lover's gift.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

'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...

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...