Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from William Congreve

William Congreve English dramatist (1670 - 1729)


William Congreve -
- All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

William Congreve - The Mourning Bride
- For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds,
And though a late, a sure reward succeeds.

William Congreve - The Mourning Bride, 1697, act III scene 8
- Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

William Congreve - Love for Love (1695)
- I came upstairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar.

William Congreve - The Mourning Bride, Act 1 Scene 1
- Music has charms to soothe the savage breast
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

William Congreve - Love for Love (1695)
- He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.