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 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

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

#Confidence

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

#Hate, #Self-love

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

#Fear

Nature, to each allots his proper Sphere, But, that forsaken, we like Comets err: Toss'd...

#William Congreve

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

#William Congreve

Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted...

#William Congreve