3 December 2020 William Congreve There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.
3 December 2020 William Congreve Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
3 December 2020 William Congreve Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of ’em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass.
3 December 2020 William Congreve Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.
3 December 2020 William Congreve ‘Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.
3 December 2020 William Congreve Say what you will, ’tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
3 December 2020 William Congreve Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.
3 December 2020 William Congreve Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
