“Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.”
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Book cover. William Congreve, The Way of the World and Other Plays
Author portrait. William Congreve
"One no more owes one’s beauty to a lover than one’s wit to an echo."
– William Congreve, The Way of the World
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#WilliamCongreve was born in #England #OnThisDay in 1709, writing five plays for the theater, the last of which — "The Way of the World" (1700) — is considered the greatest #Restoration comedy of wit & the supreme achievement of the Restoration #theater...
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"Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear."
✒ English Restoration poet and playwright #WilliamCongreve was #BOTD 24 January 1670. #Poetry #Theatre
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"Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing."
🎭 #WilliamCongreve, English dramatist ("Love for Love"), #DOTD 19 January 1729. #Theatre #Literature
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🔴 1695 William Congreve's Restoration comedy "Love for Love" premieres in London
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Good morning #booksky!🌞
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"The Way of the World"
#WilliamCongreve was born in #England #OnThisDay in 1709, writing five plays for the theater, the last of which — "The Way of the World" (1700) — is considered the greatest #Restoration comedy of wit & the supreme achievement of the Restoration #theater...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
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“He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.”
#WilliamCongreve #literarybirthdays
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“Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.”
#WilliamCongreve #literarybirthdays
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"Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear."
✒ English Restoration poet and playwright #WilliamCongreve was #BOTD 24 January 1670. #Poetry #Theatre
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"Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing."
🎭 #WilliamCongreve, English dramatist ("Love for Love"), #DOTD 19 January 1729. #Theatre #Literature
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Manic Monday. But "Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak "
#WilliamCongreve 1647
Tonight's theme: #Gloria
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