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CONGREVE, William Quotes
(1670-1729), English dramatist
Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.
Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, though the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned.
Married in haste, we repent at leisure.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast, to soften rocks, and bend the knotted oak.
Delay not till tomorrow to be wise; tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.
Read, and refine your appetite; learn to live upon instruction; feast your mind and mortify your flesh; read, and take your nourishment in at your eyes, shut up your mouth, and chew the cud of understanding.
Read, read, search, and refine your appetite; learn to live upon instruction; feast your mind and mortify your flesh.—Read and take your nourishment in all your eyes; shut up your mouth, and chew the cud of understanding.
Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.
I know a lady that loves talking so incessantly, she won't give an echo fair play; she has that everlasting rotation of tongue that an echo must wait till she dies before it can catch her last words!
You read of but one wise man, and all that he knew was—that he knew nothing.
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