Beauty is the lovers gift. – William Congreve
Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study. – William Congreve
Beauty is the lovers gift. – William Congreve
Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study. – William Congreve
Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman. – William Congreve
I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul. No, give me a ruined complexion and a lost figure and sixteen chins on a farmyard of Crow’s feet and an obvious wig. Then you shall see me coming out strong. – George Bernard Shaw, to Mrs. Patrick Campbell