Famous quotes containing the word congreve:
“They come together like the Coroners Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week.”
—William Congreve (16701729)
“A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as tother of beauty.”
—William Congreve (16701729)
“Invention flags, his brain goes muddy,
And black despair succeeds brown study.”
—William Congreve (16701729)
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