7 William Congreve Quotes on Love

William Congreve quotes on love

1. Ah! Whither, whither shall I fly, A poor unhappy Maid; To hopeless Love and Misery By my own Heart betray'd?

8. If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable.

23. Vile and ingrate! too late thou shalt repent The base Injustice thou hast done my Love: Yes, thou shalt know, spite of thy past Distress, And all those Ills which thou so long hast mourn'd; Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd.

25. Say what you will, tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

26. Love's but a frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined.

27. If there's delight in love, 'tis when I see That heart which others bleed for, bleed for me.

31. O, she is the antidote to desire.