John Vanbrugh Quotes
d. 1726 England
Sir John Vanbrugh (January 24, 1664? – March 26, 1726) was an English architect and dramatist, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace.
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As if a woman of education bought things because she wanted 'em.
Once a woman has given you her heart you can never get rid of the rest of her.
No man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or ever will be so.
Let our weakness be what it will, mankind will still be weaker; and whilst there is a world, 'tis woman that will govern it.
The Provoked Wife (1697)
Thinking is to me the greatest fatigue in the world.
He laughs best who laughs last.
When debtors once have borrowed all we have to lend, they are very apt to grow shy of their creditors' company.
The Provoked Wife (1698)
The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable.
A slighted woman knows no bounds.
The Mistake (1705)
Belinda: Ay, but you know we must return good for evil.
Lady Brute: That may be a mistake in the translation.
Look you, Amanda, you may build Castles in the Air, and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please. But I tell you, no Man worth having is true to his Wife, or can be true to his Wife, or ever was, or ever will be so.