The best Quotes by William Congreve

The best Quotes by William Congreve

William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright, poet and Whig politician.

Music has charms to sooth a savage beast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass.

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

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Songs are as sad as the listener.

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One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

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Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment.

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"Ah, music"' he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!"

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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Music is reflection of self

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Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Victor Hugo

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Without music, life would be a mistake.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.

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If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.

Albert Einstein

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But I believe in music... the way that some people believe in fairy tales.

August Rush

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Why say it when you can sing it?

Walt Disney

5

If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!

Kurt Cobain

5

Music Rock 'n' Roll

The music. I can hear it everywhere. In the wind... in the air... in the light. It's all around us. All you have to do is open yourself up. All you have to do... is listen.

August Rush

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Music Hearing & Listening

Only a song has the power to change a heart. Never underestimate the power of music.

Ernesto de la Cruz in Coco

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Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.

Kahlil Gibran

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You never quit on your music. No matter what happens. 'Cause anytime something bad happens to you, that's the one place you can escape to and just let it go. I learned it the hard way. And anyway, look at me. Nothing bad's gonna happen. You gotta have a little faith.

Louis Connelly in August Rush

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I listen to my words, but they fall far below
I let my music take me, where my heart wants to go

Cat Stevens - The Wind

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Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.

Kurt Cobain

3

Music Hip-Hop & Rap

A song can take you to a special time in your life.

Kevin James

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The only truth is music.

Jack Kerouac

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People haven't always been there for me but music always has.

Taylor Swift

2

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

Friedrich Nietzsche

2

Music Dancing Hearing & Listening

I suffer from deep depression, so my only release is music.

Kevin Gates

2

Music Depression

Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night.

A. J. McLean

2

Life Music Love

Shout out to everyone makin' my beats, you helpin' me preach
This music's the only thing keepin' the peace when I'm fallin' to pieces

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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.

Steve Martin

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Music Architecture

You know what music is? God's little reminder that there's something else besides us in this universe, a harmonic connection between all living beings, everywhere, even the stars.

August Rush

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I like the Beatles, but I hate Paul McCartney. I like Led Zeppelin, but I hate Robert Plant. I like The Who, but I hate Roger Daltrey.

Kurt Cobain

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Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.

Gil Scott-Heron

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The greatest musical instrument given to a human being is the voice.

Dayananda Saraswati

1

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

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There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest.

James Comey

I will do everything if confirmed as FBI director to make sure the American public knows the full weight of what happened.

Kash Patel - Januar 2025

The Epstein Files

Technology has forever changed the world we live in. We're online, in one way or another, all day long. Our phones and computers have become reflections of our personalities, our interests, and our identities. They hold much that is important to us.

James Comey

There are well over 250 victims, so we have to make sure that their identity is protected. Other than that, I think tomorrow you're gonna see some Epstein information being released by my office. What you're gonna see is a lot of flight-logs, a lot of names, a lot of information.

Pam Bondi - February 2025

The Epstein Files

The people of the FBI are sworn to protect both security and liberty. It isn't a question of conflict. We must care deeply about protecting liberty through due process of law, while also safeguarding the citizens we serve - in every investigation.

James Comey

It's sitting on my desk right now to review. The Trump administration is committed to truth and transparency.

Pam Bondi - February 2025

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It's a very delicate subject but we should put everything out there and let the people decide it.

Mike Johnson - July 2025

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All I'm going to say is I put my hand on a Bible, and I raised my right hand and swore to uphold the Constitution of the state of Florida.

Historically, there has been a clear and essential connection between marriage and responsible procreation and child rearing.

Will I support our president, whoever that might be? Absolutely. Did I vote for Donald Trump? Absolutely.

Anyone who attacks our LGBT community, anyone who attacks anyone in our state, will be gone after with the full extent of the law.

All I want to do is be the best attorney general that I can be.

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