Quotes by William Congreve

Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

#Love

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

#Age

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

#Women

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

#Witty

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

#Love

Beauty is the lover's gift

#Beauty, #Gifts

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

#Love

Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds

#Blessings

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

#Enemies, #Learning

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

#Confidence

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

#Grief, #Leisure

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

#Hate, #Self-love