William Congreve Quotes

Honor is a public enemy, and conscience a domestic, and he that would secure his pleasure, must pay a tribute to one and go halves with t'other.

William Congreve

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• I cannot turn down this incredible honor twice.

  

  Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
  • Honor
  • Down
  • Turn

• A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy.

  

  Early Wynn
  • Enemy
  • Look
  • Pitcher

• Few words in any language carry such a load of meaning as 'honor.' It is an old word, unchanged even in its spelling from classical Latin to modern English. Spoken or written, it does not seem to require much explanation; most people think they know what it means.

  

  Edmund Morgan
  • People
  • Words
  • English

• There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

  

  Ovid
  • Pleasure
  • Anxiety
  • Pure

• Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God's honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.

  

  Saint Ignatius
  • Good
  • God
  • Men

• I take it seriously that it's a privilege and honor to be a role model to young girls, both black and white. It's not something I take lightly.

  

  Tamron Hall
  • Black
  • Model
  • Honor

• He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods.

  

  Kate Chopin
  • Painting
  • Matter
  • Pleasure

• Work is both my living and my pleasure.

  

  Harlan Howard
  • Work
  • Pleasure
  • Living

• Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • History
  • Light
  • Honor

• In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.

  

  J. Paul Getty
  • Experience
  • Change
  • Enemy

• My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Pleasure
  • Create
  • Copy

• I'm more and more fascinated in my own work. I work from 10 A.M. until about 9 P.M., but it's not an obsession, it's a pleasure. There's never enough time.

  

  Gary Hume
  • Time
  • Work
  • Pleasure

• If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor, even in death, on the American Name.

  

  Zebulon Pike
  • Men
  • American
  • Death

• I am not an enemy of Adventism.

  

  Walter Martin
  • Enemy
  • Adventism

• Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.

  

  Oliver Goldsmith
  • Best
  • Enemy
  • Wait

• The U.S. can become carbon neutral in our lifetimes. In the process, we will put millions of Americans to work, make our companies more competitive, and shield our communities from extreme weather. And we will honor our obligation to leave the world a better place for future generations.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • World
  • Work
  • Future

• In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.

  

  Kate Adie
  • War
  • Enemy
  • Propaganda

• Despite all the criticisms that have been leveled at the comics community, both in terms of fans and creators, I have always felt more comfortable and accepted in the comics community than I have in any other medium of publishing that I've had the pleasure of working in.

  

  G. Willow Wilson
  • Community
  • Always
  • Pleasure

• The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure.

  

  Saint Bernard
  • God
  • Pleasure
  • Modesty

• It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too.

  

  Alexis de Tocqueville
  • Men
  • Honor

• It is the population which decides when it's time for a leader to leave, not foreign powers.

  

  Paul Kagame
  • Leader
  • Leave
  • Population

• There's no blueprint for where I should be. I see myself as a young, good actor who still has a lot to learn. There's nobody at any point in their career who is the finished article.

  

  Daniel Radcliffe
  • Good
  • Career

• To stand by the beds at sunrise and see the flowers awake is a heavenly delight.

  

  Celia Thaxter
  • Flower
  • Awake
  • Sunrise

• Honor is a public enemy, and conscience a domestic, and he that would secure his pleasure, must pay a tribute to one and go halves with t'other.

  

  William Congreve
  • Enemy
  • Honor
  • Pleasure