Congreve

Famous quotes containing the word congreve:

    ‘Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.
    —William Congreve (1670–1729)

    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.
    —William Congreve (1670–1729)

    A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as t’other of beauty.
    —William Congreve (1670–1729)