"Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married……" — William Congreve
"Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure."
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William Congreve
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40 Quotes by William Congreve
William Congreve has 40 quotes on this site.
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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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I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.
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If there's delight in love, 'Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me.
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More Grief Quotes
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Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.
— Marcus Aurelius
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I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things, as…
— Kathleen Battle
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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had…
— Joseph Addison
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Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation.
— Martha Beck
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
— Aeschylus
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Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for…
— William Blake
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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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Viewed from a distance, or through the eye of the All-Knowing CEO of the Universe, the crash of 2008 followed…
— James Buchan
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To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to…
— Alcaeus
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In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.
— William S. Burroughs
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For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave nothing that…
— Lord Byron
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