What did William Congreve mean by: Music alone with sudden charms can bind The wand’ring sense, and calm the troubled mind. - William Congreve Playwright · England Copy
+ Who pleases one against his will. Feraz Zeid, September 30, 2023December 26, 2023, William Congreve, Pleasure, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ If there’s delight in love, ‘Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Heart, Love, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Some by experience find those words mis-placed: At leisure married, they repent in haste. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Experience, Haste, Leisure, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ If happiness in self-content is placed, The wise are wretched, and fools only blessed. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, William Congreve, Blessed, Self, Wise, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Honesty, Thieves, Treasure, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Women like flames have a destroying power; never to be quenched till they themselves devour. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Destroying, Flames, Women, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Marriage, Witty, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ There is in true Beauty, as in Courage, somewhat which narrow Souls cannot dare to admire. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Beauty, Courage, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia
