John Vanbrugh quotes

“Once a woman has given you her heart, you can never get rid of the rest of her.”
-- John Vanbrugh

Source : William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.314

#Heart Quotes #Given Quotes

“Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.”
-- John Vanbrugh

Source : John Vanbrugh (1730). “Esop. [By Sir John Vanbrugh.]”, p.54

#Good Man Quotes #Ethics Quotes #Manners Quotes

“He laughs best who laughs last.”
-- John Vanbrugh

#Laughter Quotes #Laughing Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“Custom, madam, is the law of fools, but it shall never govern me.”
-- John Vanbrugh

Source : John Bell, Joseph Addison, Michael Arne, John Banks, Susanna Centlivre (1791). “British Theatre: Bold stroke for a wife”

#Law Quotes #Fool Quotes

“Let our weakness be what it will, mankind will still be weaker; and whilst there is a world, 'tis woman that will govern it.”
-- John Vanbrugh

Source : Sir John Vanbrugh (1982). “The Provoked Wife”, p.114, Manchester University Press

#Women Quotes #Weakness Quotes #World Quotes

“Thinking is to me the greatest fatigue in the world.”
-- John Vanbrugh

Source : 'The Relapse' (1696) act 2, sc. 1

#Thinking Quotes #World Quotes #Fatigue Quotes

“If women were humbler, men would be more honest.”
-- John Vanbrugh

#Men Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Honest Quotes

“Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more's a task too hard for mortals”
-- John Vanbrugh

Source : Sir John Vanbrugh (1759). “The life of Sir J. Vanbrugh The relapse; or, Virtue in danger. The provok'd wife, with a new scene. Æsop, in two parts. The false friend”, p.103

#Past Quotes #Tasks Quotes #Sin Quotes

“The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable.”
-- John Vanbrugh

Source : 'The Confederacy' (1705) act 1, sc. 2

#Desire Quotes #Want Quotes #Enough Quotes

“Love, like virtue, is its own reward.”
-- John Vanbrugh

Source : Sir John Vanbrugh (1759). “The life of Sir J. Vanbrugh The relapse; or, Virtue in danger. The provok'd wife, with a new scene. Æsop, in two parts. The false friend”, p.137

#Love Quotes #Rewards Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“When debtors once have borrowed all we have to lend, they are very apt to grow shy of their creditors' company.”
-- John Vanbrugh

Source : William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.348

#Debtors Quotes #Shy Quotes #Creditors Quotes

“No man is worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or ever will be so.”
-- John Vanbrugh

Source : 'The Relapse' (1696) act 3, sc. 2

#Men Quotes #Wife Quotes #Being True Quotes

“A slighted woman knows no bounds.”
-- John Vanbrugh

Source : Sir John Vanbrugh, Thomas Betterton, Molière (1795). “The mistake: a comedy”, p.27

#Slighted Quotes

“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.”
-- John Vanbrugh

Source : William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.317

#Men Quotes #Air Quotes #Wife Quotes

“Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.”
-- John Vanbrugh

Source : William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.328

#Pay Quotes #Rewards Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“As if a woman of education bought things because she wanted 'em.”
-- John Vanbrugh

Source : Sir John Vanbrugh (1989). “Four comedies”, Penguin Books

#Ems Quotes #Wanted Quotes