John Vanbrugh was an English architect renowned for his works in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. His design style combined Baroque and classical elements, profoundly influencing British architecture.
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Source: The Provoked Wife
“Custom, madam, is the law of fools, but it shall never govern me.”
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“As if a woman of education bought things because she wanted 'em.”
Source: Four comedies
“We gentlemen, whose chariot's roll only upon the four aces, are apt to have a wheel out of order.”
Source: The relapse
“Love's like virtue, its own reward.”
Source: The Provoked Wife
“True virtue, wheresoever it moves, still carries an intrinsic worth about it.”
Source: 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.
“Once a woman has given you her heart, you can never get rid of the rest of her.”
Source: Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840
“Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.”
Source: Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840
Source: Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840
“Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.”
Source: Esop. [By Sir John Vanbrugh.]
“A slighted woman knows no bounds.”
Source: The mistake: a comedy
Source: Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840
“Love, like virtue, is its own reward.”
Source: 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
“The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable.”
“Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more's a task too hard for mortals”
Source: 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