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William Congreve Quotes


Brief author info: William Congreve (1670-1729) English playwright.


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Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand.
O, she is the antidote to desire.
Music has Charms to soothe a savage Breast.
No mask like open truth to cover lies, As to go naked is the best disguise.
Marriage indeed may qualify the fury of his passion, but it very rarely mends a man's manners.
Women, like flames, have a destroying power, Ne'er to be quenched till they themselves devour.
There is in true beauty, as in courage, somewhat which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.
If happiness in self-content is placed, The wise are wretched, and fools only blessed.
Courtship to marriage is as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, Tomorrows sun to thee may never rise.



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Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.


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Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
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You have to live your life according to what comforts you, not what the rest of your family thinks you ought to be doing.
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