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Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

~William Congreve

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There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.

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Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.

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Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

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He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.

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If there's delight in love, 'Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me.

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A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one.

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Beauty is the lover's gift.

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A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.

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To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task.

~William Congreve

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: February 10th, 1670

Died: January 19th, 1729

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