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Quotes from The Old Bachelor — William Congreve

1670–1729 England

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8 quotes

I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.

The Old Bachelor (1693)

Men are apt to offend ('tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive.

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

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

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Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure;
Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.

The Old Bachelor (1693)

Hannibal was a very pretty fellow in those days.

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In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me.

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Eternity was in that moment.

The Old Bachelor (1693)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Congreve (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.