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
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on July 23, 2013
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