Quotes by 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

Wit must be foiled by wit: cut a diamond with a diamond.

#William Congreve

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

#William Congreve

To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor...

#William Congreve

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education...

#William Congreve

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

#William Congreve

They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according...

#William Congreve

There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to...

#William Congreve

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

#Enemies, #Learning

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

#Expectation, #Uncertainty