William Congreve Quotes

English - Poet | January 24, 1670 - January 19, 1729

If there's delight in love, 'Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me.

William Congreve

LoveHeartMeOthersSeeDelight

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.

William Congreve

LifeUncertaintySecurityExpectation

If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable.

William Congreve

LoveMadnessThen

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

William Congreve

LoveWomanAngerHellHeavenHatred

There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.

William Congreve

BeautyCourageDareTrueAdmire

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

William Congreve

WolfRunWillHungryThroughSure

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

William Congreve

LittleDisdainScornAlluring

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

William Congreve

ConfidenceIntegrityOthersOwnEars

Beauty is the lover's gift.

William Congreve

BeautyRomanticGiftLover

Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

William Congreve

LoveLovedBetterYouSayNever

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

William Congreve

GriefHeelsPleasureLeisureWalks

Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

William Congreve

MusicRocksBendOakSavageCharms

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