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Letter "W" » William Congreve Quotes
«Music has charms to soothe the savage beast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.»
Author: William Congreve
«Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life.»
Author: William Congreve
«Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read that things inanimate have moved, and, as with living souls, have been informed by magic numbers and persuasive sound.»
Author: William Congreve
«Would she could make of me a saint,Or I of her a sinner.»
Author: William Congreve
«O, she is the antidote to desire.»
Author: William Congreve
«Nature, to each allots his proper Sphere, But, that forsaken, we like Comets err: Toss'd thro' the Void, by some rude Shock we're broke, And all our boasted Fire is lost in Smoke»
«She is chaste who was never asked the question»
Author: William Congreve
«Love's but the frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined; A sickly flame, which, if not fed, expires, And feeding, wastes in self-consuming fires»
Author: William Congreve
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«I know that's a secret, for it's whispered everywhere»
Author: William Congreve
«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»
Author: William Congreve
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