Sir John Vanbrugh

(266 votes)   I never had but one intrigue yet: but I confess I long to have another. Pray heaven it end as the first did tho , that we may both grow weary at a time; for 'Tis a melancholy thing for lovers to outlive one another.

Sir John Vanbrugh
1664-1726, British Playwright and Baroque architect

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(246 votes)   The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable.

Sir John Vanbrugh
1664-1726, British Playwright and Baroque architect

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(144 votes)   Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

Sir John Vanbrugh
1664-1726, British Playwright and Baroque architect

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(131 votes)   You may build castles in the air, and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please. But I tell you, no man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or will be so.

Sir John Vanbrugh
1664-1726, British Playwright and Baroque architect

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(103 votes)   If women were humbler, men would be more honest.

Sir John Vanbrugh
1664-1726, British Playwright and Baroque architect

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(63 votes)   A slighted woman knows no bounds.

John Vanbrugh
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(52 votes)   Once a woman has given you her heart, you can never get rid of the rest of her.

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