“Women are like tricks by sleight of hand,
Which, to admire, we should not understand.”
William Congreve Love for Love
Act IV, scene iii
Love for Love (1695)
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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.
“Thou liar of the first magnitude.”
William Congreve Love for Love
Act II, scene ii
Love for Love (1695)
Variant: Ferdinand Mendez Pinto was but a type of thee, thou liar of the first magnitude.
“I came up stairs into the world, for I was born in a cellar.”
William Congreve Love for Love
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)
“Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.”
William Congreve Love for Love
Act IV, scene xx
Love for Love (1695)
“I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.”
William Congreve Love for Love
Act III, scene iii
Love for Love (1695)
“O fie, miss, you must not kiss and tell.”
William Congreve Love for Love
Act II, scene x
Love for Love (1695)
“I warrant you, if he danced till doomsday, he thought I was to pay the piper.”
William Congreve Love for Love
Act II, scene ii
Love for Love (1695)
