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Quote by William Congreve
Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play. – William Congreve

Other quotes by 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

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Business
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William Congreve
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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

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Education
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William Congreve
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A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty. – William Congreve

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Sincerity
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Marriage
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I was one of 14 senators to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act. I thought it was a harsh and unnecessary thing to do to people across this country who care enough about each other to want to be married. – Russ Feingold

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Marriage

To be honest, marriage doesnt scare me and that, its just once youve been together for so long, if you havent got any kids its just a big expensive day out for everyone else to enjoy, isnt it? – Karl Pilkington

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For me its also – the music is equally as important. I mean I think as somebody who writes music, there just has to sort of be the marriage between both. – Katey Sagal

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Marriage

I have a very intense marriage. – James Ellroy

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Marriage

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I work six months and get three or four with the family. – Kyle Chandler

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Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh. – Robert Bolt

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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion. – Jack Kerouac

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You dont have to fool all the people all of the time; you just have to fool enough to get elected. – Gerald Barzan

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