William Congreve
William Congreve
William Congrevewas an English playwright and poet...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth24 January 1670
wise blessed self
If happiness in self-content is placed, The wise are wretched, and fools only blessed.
wise cheer grateful
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's Sun to thee may never rise; Or should to-morrow chance to cheer thy sight With her enlivening and unlook'd for light, How grateful will appear her dawning rays! As favours unexpected doubly please.
wise procrastination delay
Delay not till tomorrow to be wise; tomorrow's sun to thee may neve rise.
bliss grateful hours oft present though
In hours of bliss we oft have met:They could not always last;And though the present I regret,I'm grateful for the past.
bliss grateful hours oft present though
In hours of bliss we oft have met: They could not always last; And though the present I regret, I'm grateful for the past.
english-poet
I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.
hope prone
I hope you do not think me prone to an iteration of nuptials.
light tricks women
Women are like tricks by light of hand,Which, to admire, we should not understand.
light tricks women
Women are like tricks by light of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand.
age age-and-aging believe golden men
Believe it, Men have ever been the same,And all the Golden Age is but a Dream.
discovers expectation folly insipid joys security wish
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.
expectation joy joys
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life.
dead quite
Is he then dead? / What, dead at last, quite, quite for ever dead!
rise sun thee till
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise