Congreve

Famous quotes containing the word congreve:

    “They come together like the Coroner’s Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week.”
    —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)

    “Invention flags, his brain goes muddy,
    And black despair succeeds brown study.”
    —William Congreve (1670–1729)