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Quotes by "William Congreve"

Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study.
— William Congreve
Tags: invention, study, black, brain
They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.
— William Congreve
Tags: gallery, scandal, ancient, end, tea
Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.
— William Congreve
Tags: heels, pleasure, leisure, grief
A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one.
— William Congreve
Tags: run, through, hungry, will
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.
— William Congreve
Tags: expectation, security, uncertainty, life
I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections.
— William Congreve
Tags: never, look, long, you
They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week.
— William Congreve
Tags: week, sit, like, together
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
— William Congreve
Tags: heaven, hell, woman, anger, love
There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.
— William Congreve
Tags: admire, true, courage, beauty
I know that's a secret, for it's whispered everywhere.
— William Congreve
Tags: everywhere, secret, know
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