William Congreve
William Congreve
William Congrevewas an English playwright and poet...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth24 January 1670
relationship stay-strong anger
Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.
hands understanding admiration
Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand
cutting jewelry diamond-rings
Wit must be foiled by wit: cut a diamond with a diamond.
sweet one-day wish
But say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved. To pass our youth in dull indifference, 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.
stupid-people stupidity dull
I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.
inspirational fear war
Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.
men may pleasure
A woman only obliges a man to secrecy, that she may have the pleasure of telling herself.
confidence integrity views
He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.
love life has-beens
Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
great married strange
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.
blessing waiting rewards
Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.
revenge hate one-day
She once used me with that insolence, that in revenge I took her to pieces; sifted her, and separated her failings; I studied 'em, and got 'em by rote. The catalogue was so large, that I was not without hopes, one day or other to hate her heartily.
beauty lovers
Beauty is the lover's gift.