Cybersecurity Quote by William Congreve

“Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.” quote by William Congreve — Download Open image

“Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.”

William Congreve

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They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.

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There is in true Beauty, as in Courage, somewhat which narrow Souls cannot dare to admire.

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I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit.

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“True, 'tis an unhappy circumstance of life that love should ever die before us, and that the man so often should outlive the lover. But say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved. To pass our youth in dull indifference, to refuse the sweets of life because they once must leave us, is…

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