Congreve

Famous quotes containing the word congreve:

    “Invention flags, his brain goes muddy,
    And black despair succeeds brown study.”
    —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)