 |
|
|
Popular topics:
 AgeArtBeautyBusinessComputersDadDatingDreamsEnvironmentalFamilyFitnessFoodFunnyGraduationHappinessHistoryLeadershipLifeLoveMarriageMenMomMoneyMotivationalNatureParentingPetPoetryPoliticsPowerScienceSportsTechnologyWisdomWomenMore...
By profession:
ActivistActorActressArtistAstronautAthleteAuthorBusinessmanCelebrityClergymanCoachComedianComposerCriminalDancerDesignerDramatistExplorerInventorJournalistLeaderMathematicianMusicianNovelistPhilosopherPlaywrightPoetPoliticianPresidentScientistSoldierStatesmanTeacherTheologianWriterMore...
Nationality:
AmericanArgentinia...AustralianAustrianBelgianBrazilianBritishCanadianChineseCubanDanishDutchEnglishFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHungarianIndianIrishIsraeliItalianJamaicanJapaneseNew Zealan...NigerianNorwegianPolishRomanianRussianScottishSouth Afri...SpanishSwedishSwissMore...
Famous authors:
Abraham LincolnAdolf HitlerAlbert SchweitzerAnn BancroftAnne BaxterArnold H. GlasgowBen SweetlandBillie Jean KingBridget RileyBryant H. McGillCamille PagliaCharles F. KetteringChris Van AllsburgEli KhamarovGiovanni MorassuttiHarriet TubmanHenry Ward BeecherImran KhanJ. B. PriestleyJerry B. JenkinsJohn DyerJudith ViorstLeo BuscagliaMarc GarneauPeter SteeleRalph Waldo EmersonRobert IndianaRoger McGoughSaadiThomas A. EdisonTina TurnerTony DungyTwyla TharpVoltaireWilliam ShakespeareMore... |
Facts about William Congreve SummaryWilliam Congreve was a famous Poet from England, who lived between February 10, 1670 and January 19, 1729.Zodiac etc.He/she is born under the zodiac aquarius, who is known for Knowledge, Humanitarian, Serious, Insightful, Duplicitous. Our collection contains 30 quotes who is written / told by William, under the main topic Anger.Here is some other popular authors who lived in the same timeframe: Edward Young, Benjamin Franklin, Voltaire, Catherine II, Alexander Pope, Henry St. John, Stanislaus I, William Hogarth, Charles Lawrence, Eustace Budgell, John Philips, James Hutton, Edward Teach, John Wilkes, Abraham Tucker, William Emerson, Christopher Anstey, George Grenville, Jean Monnet, Henry Pelham Famous quotes by William Congreve (30)  "Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass"
"Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear"
"He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views"
"I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections"
"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"
"She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises"
"They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom"
"'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman"
"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"
"You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict your thoughts, but your actions may contradict your words"
Comments |
Create Timeline Photo
More info