William Congreve

Playwright, Author

1670 – 1729

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Who was William Congreve?

William Congreve was an English playwright and poet.

Famous Quotes:

  • I know that's a secret, for it's whispered everywhere.
  • Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study.
  • 'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.
  • A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty.
  • If there's delight in love, 'Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me.
  • Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life.
  • 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.
  • I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.
  • Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
  • They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week.

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Born
Jan 24, 1670
Bardsey
Parents
Nationality
  • England
Profession
Education
  • Trinity College, Dublin
Died
Jan 19, 1729
London
Resting place
Westminster Abbey

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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