"Let our weakness be what it will, mankind……" — John Vanbrugh
"Let our weakness be what it will, mankind will still be weaker; and whilst there is a world, 'tis woman that will govern it."
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John Vanbrugh
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13 Quotes by John Vanbrugh
John Vanbrugh has 13 quotes on this site.
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Once a woman has given you her heart, you can never get rid of the rest of her.
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Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.
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You may build castles in the air, and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly,…
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Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.
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A slighted woman knows no bounds.
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No man is worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was,…
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When debtors once have borrowed all we have to lend, they are very apt to grow shy of their creditors'…
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Love, like virtue, is its own reward.
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The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable.
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Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more's a task too hard for mortals
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If women were humbler, men would be more honest.
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Thinking is to me the greatest fatigue in the world.
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