Famous Quotes and Proverbs
If you are looking for famous quotes and proverbs, you've come to the right place! Browse our largest database, which contains over 150,000 quotations, proverbs and sayings by the most renowned poets, artists, authors, inventors and researchers both living and deceased. Use our famous quotes and proverbs to support the content of your essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation. Be inspired by our quotes, proverbs and sayings now!
Search our collection by author, topic or keyword. It's completely FREE!
Browse Authors:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the authors)
(Click a letter to view the authors)
Letter "W" » William Congreve Quotes
«I always take blushing either for a sign of guilt, or of ill breeding.»
«A branch of one of your antediluvian families, fellows that the flood could not wash away.»
«She once used me with that insolence, that in revenge I took her to pieces; sifted her, and separated her failings; I studied 'em, and got 'em by rote. The catalogue was so large, that I was not without hopes, one day or other to hate her heartily.»
Author: William Congreve
| Keywords:
catalogue, catalogued, failings, heartily, rote, sift, sifted, sifting
«I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.»
Author: William Congreve
«A wit should be no more sincere than a woman constant»
Author: William Congreve
«I nauseate walking; 'tis a country diversion; I loathe the country»
«Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.»
«There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.»
Author: William Congreve
«By magic numbers and persuasive sound.»
Author: William Congreve
«To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task.»
Research our database of free Biographies. Sign-up for the database of college sample papers for only $14.95/month. Buy a custom written essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation on any topic and get a discount!
