105 ordspråk av William Congreve

William Congreve

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William Congreve föddes den 10 februar 1670 och dog den 19 januar 1729 - English writer
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Heaven Hath no rage like a love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned

For 'tis some virtue, virtue to commend.

Where modesty's ill manners, 'tis but fit
That impudence and malice pass for wit.

Thou art a Retailer of Phrases, and dost deal in Remnants of Remnants.

Music has charms to soothe the savage beast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life.

Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read that things inanimate have moved, and, as with living souls, have been informed by magic numbers and persuasive sound.

Would she could make of me a saint,
Or I of her a sinner.

O, she is the antidote to desire.

Nature, to each allots his proper Sphere, But, that forsaken, we like Comets err: Toss'd thro' the Void, by some rude Shock we're broke, And all our boasted Fire is lost in Smoke

Natur

She is chaste who was never asked the question

Love's but the frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined; A sickly flame, which, if not fed, expires, And feeding, wastes in self-consuming fires

I know that's a secret, for it's whispered everywhere

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

There is in true beauty something which vulgar cannot admire

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