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William Congreve Quotes

I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull Picture Quote #1

In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me Picture Quote #1

I am a fool, I know it; and yet, heaven help me, I’m poor enough to be a wit Picture Quote #1

They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom Picture Quote #1

To refuse the sweets of life because they once must leave us, is as preposterous as to wish to have been born old, because we one day must be old Picture Quote #1

Thus in this sad, but oh, too pleasing state! my soul can fix upon nothing but thee; thee it contemplates, admires, adores, nay depends on, trusts on you alone Picture Quote #1

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Nothing but you can lay hold of my mind, and that can lay hold of nothing but you Picture Quote #1

To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task Picture Quote #1

You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict your thoughts, but your actions may contradict your words Picture Quote #1

Thy wife is a constellation of virtues; she’s the moon, and thou art the man in the moon Picture Quote #1

Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure; Married in haste, we may repent at leisure Picture Quote #1

It is the business of a comic poet to paint the vices and follies of human kind Picture Quote #1

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I warrant you, if he danced till doomsday, he thought I was to pay the piper Picture Quote #1

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase Picture Quote #1

I know a lady that loves to talk so incessantly, she won’t give an echo fair play; she has that everlasting rotation of tongue that an echo must wait till she dies before it can catch her last words! Picture Quote #1

Read and take your nourishment in at your eyes; shut up your mouth and chew the cud of understanding Picture Quote #1

Timorous virgins form a dreadful chimera of a husband, as of a creature quite contrary to that soft, humble, pliant, easy thing, a lover Picture Quote #1

His wit run him out of his money, and now his poverty has run him out of his wits Picture Quote #1

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Guilt is ever at a loss, and confusion waits upon it; when innocence and bold truth are always ready for expression Picture Quote #1

Who nothing has to lose, the war bewails; and he who nothing pay, at taxes rails Picture Quote #1

A fellow who lives in a windmill has not a more whimsical dwelling than the heart of a man that is lodged in a woman Picture Quote #1

Marriage indeed may qualify the fury of his passion, but it very rarely mends a man’s manners Picture Quote #1

A woman only obliges a man to secrecy, that she may have the pleasure of telling herself Picture Quote #1

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, and the overtaking and possessing of a wish, discovers the folly of the chase Picture Quote #1

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I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull (William Congreve Quotes) In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me (William Congreve Quotes) I am a fool, I know it; and yet, heaven help me, I’m poor enough to be a wit (William Congreve Quotes) They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom (William Congreve Quotes) To refuse the sweets of life because they once must leave us, is as preposterous as to wish to have been born old, because we one day must be old (William Congreve Quotes) Thus in this sad, but oh, too pleasing state! my soul can fix upon nothing but thee; thee it contemplates, admires, adores, nay depends on, trusts on you alone (William Congreve Quotes) Nothing but you can lay hold of my mind, and that can lay hold of nothing but you (William Congreve Quotes) To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task (William Congreve Quotes) You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict your thoughts, but your actions may contradict your words (William Congreve Quotes) Thy wife is a constellation of virtues; she’s the moon, and thou art the man in the moon (William Congreve Quotes) Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure; Married in haste, we may repent at leisure (William Congreve Quotes) It is the business of a comic poet to paint the vices and follies of human kind (William Congreve Quotes) I warrant you, if he danced till doomsday, he thought I was to pay the piper (William Congreve Quotes) Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase (William Congreve Quotes) I know a lady that loves to talk so incessantly, she won’t give an echo fair play; she has that everlasting rotation of tongue that an echo must wait till she dies before it can catch her last words! (William Congreve Quotes) Read and take your nourishment in at your eyes; shut up your mouth and chew the cud of understanding (William Congreve Quotes) Timorous virgins form a dreadful chimera of a husband, as of a creature quite contrary to that soft, humble, pliant, easy thing, a lover (William Congreve Quotes) His wit run him out of his money, and now his poverty has run him out of his wits (William Congreve Quotes) Guilt is ever at a loss, and confusion waits upon it; when innocence and bold truth are always ready for expression (William Congreve Quotes) Who nothing has to lose, the war bewails; and he who nothing pay, at taxes rails (William Congreve Quotes) A fellow who lives in a windmill has not a more whimsical dwelling than the heart of a man that is lodged in a woman (William Congreve Quotes) Marriage indeed may qualify the fury of his passion, but it very rarely mends a man’s manners (William Congreve Quotes) A woman only obliges a man to secrecy, that she may have the pleasure of telling herself (William Congreve Quotes) Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, and the overtaking and possessing of a wish, discovers the folly of the chase (William Congreve Quotes)

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