"A little scorn is alluring." — William Congreve
"A little scorn is alluring."
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William Congreve
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40 Quotes by William Congreve
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection; otherwise you only make so many…
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The mind creates so many temptations - so alluring they are, so magnetic is their power - that unless you…
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Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your…
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The contemplation of this world beckoned as a liberation (...)The road to this paradise was not as comfortable and alluring…
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One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful…
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The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.
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Mo Yan is a writer who, defiantly in the face of those who wish his work were less cartoonish and…
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To my eye, women get sexier around 35. They know a thing or two, and knowledge is always alluring.
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A good woman must constantly resist alluring and deceptive messages from many sources telling her that she is entitled to…
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Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they…
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I am like a mariner born and bred on board a buccaneer brig whose soul has become so inured to…
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The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent…
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