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Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure: Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.

By William Congreve
A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty.

By William Congreve
Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.

By William Congreve
Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. N.B.: This quote is commonly misquoted as savage beast.

By William Congreve
Courtship to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

By William Congreve
Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

By William Congreve
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life.

By William Congreve
Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study.

By William Congreve
You are all camphire and frankincense, all chastity and odour.

By William Congreve
Whom she refuses, she treats still / With so much sweet behaviour, / That her refusal, through her skill, / Looks almost like a favour.

By William Congreve
To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task.

By William Congreve
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

By William Congreve
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

By William Congreve
Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.N.B. This quote is commonly misquoted as savage beast.

By William Congreve
Men are apt to offend ('tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive.

By William Congreve
In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me

By William Congreve
I nauseate walking; 'tis a country diversion; I loathe the country

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I hope you do not think me prone to an iteration of nuptials.

By William Congreve
I know that’s a secret, for it’s whispered everywhere.

By William Congreve
I came upstairs into the world for I was born in a cellar.

By William Congreve
I came upstairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar.

By William Congreve
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

By William Congreve
He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.

By William Congreve
For 'tis some virtue, virtue to commend.

By William Congreve
For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds,
And though a late, a sure reward succeeds.

By William Congreve
Every man plays the fool once in his lif marry is playing the fool all one's life, but to marry is to playing the fool all one's life long.

By William Congreve
Defer not till tomorrow to be wise, tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.

By William Congreve
A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one

By William Congreve
All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

By William Congreve
In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me.

By William Congreve