William Congreve
William Congreve
William Congrevewas an English playwright and poet...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth24 January 1670
estate good man sir
If I marry, Sir Sampson, I'm for a good estate with any man, and for any man with a good estate.
aversion care chiefly impress infancy initiate rudiments sight tender virtue
I chiefly made it my own care to initiate her very infancy in the rudiments of virtue, and to impress upon her tender years a young odium and aversion to the very sight of men.
asked question
She is chaste who was never asked the question
bend charms music savage soothe
Music has charms to soothe the savage beast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
affecting artful careless seem
Careless she is with artful care, / Affecting to seem unaffected.
english-poet
I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.
left
You were about to tell me something, child, but you left off before you began.
born came upstairs
I came upstairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar.
light tricks women
Women are like tricks by light of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand.
light tricks women
Women are like tricks by light of hand,Which, to admire, we should not understand.
bred education pedantic servant tis
Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an university: but the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.
expectation joy joys
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life.
discovers expectation folly insipid joys security wish
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.
confidence integrity views
He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.