“Though marriage makes man and wife one flesh, it leaves 'em still two fools.”
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Famous William Congreve Quotes
“Every man plays the fool once in his live, but to marry is playing the fool all one's life long.”
Source: British Theatre: Bonduca
“If happiness in self-content is placed, The wise are wretched, and fools only blessed.”
Source: The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar: With Biographical and Critical Notices
“I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit.”
Source: Love for Love: A Comedy
Source: The Works of Mr William Congreve...