William Congreve
William Congreve
William Congrevewas an English playwright and poet...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth24 January 1670
soul thee states
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.
mind of-my-mind lays
Nothing but you can lay hold of my mind, and that can lay hold of nothing but you.
wise procrastination delay
Delay not till tomorrow to be wise; tomorrow's sun to thee may neve rise.
knowledge firsts opinion
I am always of the opinion with the learned, if they speak first.
strange married wells
Let us be very strange and well-bred:Let us be as strange as if we had been married a great while;And as well-bred as if we were not married at all.
confusion couches levees
O, nothing is more alluring than a levee from a couch in some confusion.
ambition self flames
Love's but the frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined; A sickly flame, which if not fed expires; And feeding, wastes in self-consuming fires.
roots adultery should
Marriage is honourable, as you say; and if so, wherefore should Cuckoldom be a Discredit, being deriv'd from so honourable a Root?
expectations joy wish
Would any thing but a madman complain of uncertainty? Uncertainty and expectation are joys of life; security is an insipid thing; and the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.
laughter passion men
There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh ... 'tis such a vulgar expression of the passion!
blessing waiting rewards
Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.
gossip together reputation
They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week.
inspiration savages charm
Musick has charms to soothe a savage breast
women flames destroying
Women like flames have a destroying power; never to be quenched till they themselves devour.