No mask like open truth to cover lies, As to go naked is the best disguise. William Congreve More Quotes by William Congreve More Quotes From William Congreve Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass. William Congreve idlers glasses father Though marriage makes man and wife one flesh, it leaves 'em still two fools. William Congreve marriage men two If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable. William Congreve free-love madness love All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. William Congreve Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.N.B. This quote is commonly misquoted as savage beast. William Congreve Every man plays the fool once in his lif marry is playing the fool all one's life, but to marry is to playing the fool all one's life long. William Congreve Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. William Congreve Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study. William Congreve Music has charms to soothe the savage breast To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. William Congreve Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. William Congreve There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire. William Congreve true admire courage beauty A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring. William Congreve little alluring scorn disdain Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure. William Congreve leisure haste pleasure grief Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight. William Congreve fight never go angry anger A wit should be no more sincere than a woman constant. William Congreve woman more wit sincere