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William Congreve
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William Congreve

“A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one.”

- William Congreve

Source/Notes: The works of the English poets (1779 edition)
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William Congreve

“A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.”

- William Congreve

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William Congreve

“A wit should be no more sincere than a woman constant.”

- William Congreve

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William Congreve

“Beauty is the lover's gift.”

- William Congreve

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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.”

- William Congreve

Source/Notes: The Way of the World and Other Plays (2011 edition), Digireads.com Publishing - ISBN: 9781596259942
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William Congreve

“Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.”

- William Congreve

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William Congreve

“Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.”

- William Congreve

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William Congreve

“He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.”

- William Congreve

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William Congreve

“Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.”

- William Congreve

Source/Notes: The Mourning Bride (1697), Act III, sc. i
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William Congreve

“I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections.”

- William Congreve

Source/Notes: The Complete Works of William Congreve Part Two (2004 edition), Kessinger Publishing - ISBN: 9780766187399
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William Congreve

“I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.”

- William Congreve

Source/Notes: Act II, scene vii. - The Old Bachelor (1693)
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William Congreve

“I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.”

- William Congreve

Source/Notes: Act III, scene iii. - Love for Love (1695)
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