Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. (William Congreve)
A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring. (William Congreve)
Music has charms to soothe the savage beast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. (William Congreve)
Rise to meet him in a pretty disorder - yes- O, nothing is more alluring than a levee from a couch in some confusion. (William Congreve)
Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure. (William Congreve)
Wife, spouse, my dear, joy, jewel, love, sweet-heart and the rest of that nauseous cant, in which men and their wives are so fulsomely familiar. (William Congreve)
I chiefly made it my own care to initiate her very infancy in the rudiments of virtue, and to impress upon her tender years a young odium and aversion to the very sight of men. (William Congreve)
If there's delight in love, 'Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me. (William Congreve)
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