John Vanbrugh Quotes

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  • A slighted woman knows no bounds.

    Knows   Bounds   Slighted  
    Sir John Vanbrugh, Thomas Betterton, Molière (1795). “The mistake: a comedy”, p.27
  • No man is worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or ever will be so.

    Men   Wife   Infidelity  
    'The Relapse' (1696) act 3, sc. 2
  • We're gaily yet, we're gaily yet, And we're not very fow, but we're gaily yet; Then set ye awhile, and tipple a bit, For we's not very fow, but we're gaily yet.

    Drinking   Bits  
  • He laughs best who laughs last.

  • Custom, madam, is the law of fools, but it shall never govern me.

    Law   Fool   Customs  
    John Bell, Joseph Addison, Michael Arne, John Banks, Susanna Centlivre (1791). “British Theatre: Bold stroke for a wife”
  • When debtors once have borrowed all we have to lend, they are very apt to grow shy of their creditors' company.

    Debtors   Shy   Creditors  
    William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.348
  • Thinking is to me the greatest fatigue in the world.

    'The Relapse' (1696) act 2, sc. 1
  • If women were humbler, men would be honester.

    Men   Would Be   Honest  
  • Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.

    John Vanbrugh (1730). “Esop. [By Sir John Vanbrugh.]”, p.54
  • We gentlemen, whose chariot's roll only upon the four aces, are apt to have a wheel out of order.

    Order   Gentleman   Four  
  • True virtue, wheresoever it moves, still carries an intrinsic worth about it.

    Moving   Virtue   Stills  
  • Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

    History   Pay   Rewards  
    William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.328
  • The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable.

    Desire   Want   Enough  
    'The Confederacy' (1705) act 1, sc. 2
  • Love's like virtue, its own reward.

    Love   Rewards   Virtue  
    Sir John Vanbrugh (1982). “The Provoked Wife”, p.80, Manchester University Press
  • Love, like virtue, is its own reward.

    Love   Rewards   Virtue  
    Sir John Vanbrugh (1759). “The life of Sir J. Vanbrugh The relapse; or, Virtue in danger. The provok'd wife, with a new scene. Æsop, in two parts. The false friend”, p.137
  • Once a woman has given you her heart, you can never get rid of the rest of her.

    Sex   Heart   Given  
    William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.314
  • Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more's a task too hard for mortals

    Past   Tasks   Sin  
    Sir John Vanbrugh (1759). “The life of Sir J. Vanbrugh The relapse; or, Virtue in danger. The provok'd wife, with a new scene. Æsop, in two parts. The false friend”, p.103
  • As if a woman of education bought things because she wanted 'em.

    Ems   Wanted   Ifs  
    Sir John Vanbrugh (1989). “Four comedies”, Penguin Books
  • Custom is the law of fools.

    Law   Fool   Customs  
  • Tho marriage be a lottery in which there are a wondrous many blanks, yet there is one inestimable lot in which the only heaven on earth is written.

    Heaven   Earth   Written  
    Colley Cibber, Sir Richard Steele, George Farquhar, sir John Vanbrugh, William Congreve (1765). “THE ENGLISH THEATRE IN EIGHT VOLUMES: CONTAINING The Most Valuable PLAYS Which Have Been Acted on the LONDON STAGE.. INCONSTANT. By Mr. Farzuhar ; LOVE FOR LOVE. By Mr. Congreve ; LOVE MAKES A MAN. By C. Cibber, Esq. ; LYING LOVER. By Sir Rich. Steele ; PROVOKED WIFE. By Sir John Vanbrugh. VOL. V.”
  • Friendship's said to be a plant of tedious growth, its root composed of tender fibers, nice in their taste, cautious in spreading.

    Friendship   Nice   Roots  
    Sir John Vanbrugh (1970). “The relapse”
  • 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 will be so.

    Men   Air   Wife  
    William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.317
  • Let our weakness be what it will, mankind will still be weaker; and whilst there is a world, 'tis woman that will govern it.

    Women   Weakness   World  
    Sir John Vanbrugh (1982). “The Provoked Wife”, p.114, Manchester University Press
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