Quotes & anectdotes from
the wise,
the foolish,
the courageous &
the drunk

William Congreve Playwright

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: England
  • Born: Jan 24, 1670
  • Died: Jan 19, 1729

William Congreve was an English playwright and poet.

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

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

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

Beauty is the lover's gift.

No, I'm no enemy to learning it hurts not me.

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.

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

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