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Love for Love

Love for Love

Love for Love is a Restoration comedy written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered on 30 April 1695 at Betterton's Co., Lincoln's Inn Fields.


William Congreve photo
William Congreve photo

“Thou liar of the first magnitude.”

Act II, scene ii
Love for Love (1695)
Variant: Ferdinand Mendez Pinto was but a type of thee, thou liar of the first magnitude.

William Congreve photo

“I came up stairs into the world, for I was born in a cellar.”

Act II, scene vii; comparable to: "Born in a cellar, and living in a garret", Samuel Foote, The Author, act 2; "Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred", Lord Byron, A Sketch
Love for Love (1695)

William Congreve photo
William Congreve photo

“I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.”

Act III, scene iii
Love for Love (1695)

William Congreve photo

“O fie, miss, you must not kiss and tell.”

Act II, scene x
Love for Love (1695)

William Congreve photo
William Congreve photo

“I warrant you, if he danced till doomsday, he thought I was to pay the piper.”

Act II, scene ii
Love for Love (1695)

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