William Congreve Quotes about Marriage
Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.
'The Old Bachelor' (1693) act 5, sc. 10
Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure; Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.
"The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar: With Biographical and Critical Notices".
Though marriage makes man and wife one flesh, it leaves 'em still two fools.
'The Double Dealer' (1694) act 2, sc. 3
