William Congreve

English playwright

Turn pimp, flatterer, quack, lawyer, parson, be chaplain to an atheist, or stallion to an old woman, anything but a poet; for a poet is worse, more servile, timorous and fawning than any I have named.More William Congreve quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises.More William Congreve quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I know that’s a secret, for it’s whispered everywhere.More William Congreve quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.More William Congreve quotes [10/04/2011 03:10:34]

Thy wife is a constellation of virtues; she's the moon, and thou
art the man in the moon.More William Congreve quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Quotes of the month

This is to be mortal, And seek the things beyond mortality. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More

Somebody has to have the last word. If not, every argument could be opposed by another and we'd never be done with it. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More

I've got nine kids, nine dogs, three grandkids - and one in the oven. And three parrots! [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More

The things you do today that you don't have to do will determine who, what, and where you will be when it is too late to do anything about the things you should have done. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More

Treat your friends for what you know them to be. Regard no surfaces. Consider not what they did, but what they intended. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More