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- Music has charms to soothe the savage breast
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. - William Congreve (1670 - 1729), The Mourning Bride, Act 1 Scene 1
- Defer not till tomorrow to be wise, tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.
- William Congreve (1670 - 1729)
- Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. - William Congreve (1670 - 1729), The Mourning Bride, 1697, act III scene 8
- All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
- William Congreve (1670 - 1729)
- I came upstairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar.
- William Congreve (1670 - 1729), Love for Love (1695)
- He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.
- William Congreve (1670 - 1729), Love for Love (1695)
- For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds,
And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. - William Congreve (1670 - 1729), The Mourning Bride
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