John Vanbrugh
John Vanbrugh
Sir John Vanbrugh – 26 March 1726) was an English architect and dramatist, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. He wrote two argumentative and outspoken Restoration comedies, The Relapseand The Provoked Wife, which have become enduring stage favourites but originally occasioned much controversy. He was knighted in 1714...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth24 January 1664
order gentleman four
We gentlemen, whose chariot's roll only upon the four aces, are apt to have a wheel out of order.
drinking bits
We're gaily yet, we're gaily yet, And we're not very fow, but we're gaily yet; Then set ye awhile, and tipple a bit, For we's not very fow, but we're gaily yet.
love rewards virtue
Love's like virtue, its own reward.
moving virtue stills
True virtue, wheresoever it moves, still carries an intrinsic worth about it.
heaven earth wondrous
Tho marriage be a lottery in which there are a wondrous many blanks, yet there is one inestimable lot in which the only heaven on earth is written.
friendship nice roots
Friendship's said to be a plant of tedious growth, its root composed of tender fibers, nice in their taste, cautious in spreading.
pay rewards virtue
Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.
good-man ethics manners
Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.
heart given
Once a woman has given you her heart, you can never get rid of the rest of her.