What did William Congreve mean by: Say what you will, ’tis better to be left than never to have been loved. - William Congreve Playwright · England Copy
+ Love’s but a frailty of the mind, When ’tis not with ambition joined. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Ambitious, Love, Mind, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Men are apt to offend (’tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Forgiving, Goodness, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ A woman only obliges a man to secrecy, that she may have the pleasure of telling herself. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Pleasure, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Though marriage makes man and wife one flesh, it leaves ’em still two fools. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Marriage, 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ Nothing but you can lay hold of my mind, and that can lay hold of nothing but you. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Lays, Mind, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. - Frida Kahlo Painter · Mexico
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Love begins with love ; and the warmest friendship cannot change even to the coldest love. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France