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William Congreve has 44 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
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He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.
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Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
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Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.
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Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.
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Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.
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She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is…
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Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.
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A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one.
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In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else…
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Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.
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I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.
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Ballin's not a hobby, it's my occupation
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Other people get into occupations by accident or design; but writers are born. I could work at selling motels, or slopping hogs,…
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My occupation is assistant storyteller. It is not "icon."
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My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate.
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I once told you that I am not a saint, and I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit…
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Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my…
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I know I always say my occupation is not dancing, but dancing is in my heart, dancing makes me feel good.
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But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.
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But if a stranger in the train asks me my occupation, I never answer "writer" for fear that he may go on…
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Ballin's not a hobby, it's my occupation. Hoes on my dick, that's my confirmation.
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Balllin not a hobby it my occupation
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Balling not a hobby. It my occupation.
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