William Congreve
William Congreve
William Congrevewas an English playwright and poet...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth24 January 1670
support speech cold
Words are the weak support of cold indifference; love has no language to be heard.
passion men may
Marriage indeed may qualify the fury of his passion, but it very rarely mends a man's manners.
loss expression confusion
Guilt is ever at a loss, and confusion waits upon it; when innocence and bold truth are always ready for expression.
inspirational music rocks
Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
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.