Quotes by William Congreve

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

#William Congreve

In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of...

#William Congreve

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

#William Congreve

I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being...

#William Congreve

I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very...

#William Congreve

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a...

#William Congreve

Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em:...

#William Congreve

Beauty is the lover's gift.

#William Congreve

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

#William Congreve

A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make...

#William Congreve

You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict...

#William Congreve

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.

#William Congreve