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John Vanbrugh
9 quotes
“Once a woman has given you her heart you can never get rid of the rest of her.”
John Vanbrugh (1664–1726) first seen 1697 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Relapse, Act II, sc. i (1697)
“Thinking is to me the greatest fatigue in the world.”
John Vanbrugh (1664–1726) first seen 1697 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Relapse, Act II, sc. 1 (1697)
“No man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or ever will be so.”
John Vanbrugh (1664–1726) first seen 1697 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Relapse, Act III, sc. ii (1697)
“Belinda: Ay, but you know we must return good for evil. Lady Brute: That may be a mistake in the translation.”
John Vanbrugh (1664–1726) first seen 1698 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Provoked Wife, Act I, sc. i (1698)
“When debtors once have borrowed all we have to lend, they are very apt to grow shy of their creditors' company.”
John Vanbrugh (1664–1726) first seen 1698 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Provoked Wife (1698)
“He laughs best who laughs last.”
John Vanbrugh (1664–1726) first seen 1706 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Country House, Act II, sc. v (1706)
“Much of a muchness.”
John Vanbrugh (1664–1726) said by 1726 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Provoked Husband. Act I, sc. i (1728)
“The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable.”
John Vanbrugh (1664–1726) said by 1726 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As if a woman of education bought things because she wanted 'em.”
John Vanbrugh (1664–1726) said by 1726 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source