Quotes by Congreve, William

Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brow >>

They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdere >>

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. >>

Quotations about Marriage

Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish >>

I never hate a man enough to give him his diamonds back. >>

Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby th >>

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

Congreve, William