A Quote by William Congreve

Some by experience find those words mis-placed: At leisure married, they repent in haste.

William Congreve

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Experience Find Haste Leisure Married Placed Repent Some Those Words

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William Congreve
English - Poet
January 24, 1670 - January 19, 1729

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

William Congreve

Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure; Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.

William Congreve

Publish in haste and repent at leisure.

Mason Cooley

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Walter Scott

Marry in haste, repent in leisure.

Frederick Tilney

Some experiences are mis-educative. Any experience is mis-educative that has the effect of arresting or distorting the growth of further experience.

John Dewey

The irreligious don't repent at all and the religious only repent of sins. But Christians repent of their wrongfully placed righteousness.

Timothy Keller

Those who will repent and forsake sin will find that His merciful arm is outstretched still. Those who listen to and heed His words and the words of His chosen servants will find peace and understanding even in the midst of great heartache and sorrow. The result of His sacrifice is to free us from the effects of sin, that all may have guilt erased and feel hope.

Boyd K. Packer

I can understand that there are those who can think and imagine the world without words, but I think that once you find the words that name your experience, then suddenly that experience becomes grounded, and you can use it and you can try to understand it.

Alberto Manguel

The student who secures his coveted leisure and retirement by systematically shirking any labor necessary to man obtains but an ignoble and unprofitable leisure, defrauding himself of the experience which alone can make leisure fruitful.

Henry David Thoreau

A wedding in haste is worth two at leisure.

Gelett Burgess

Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.

Lord Byron

Who wooed in haste, and means to wed at leisure.

William Shakespeare

Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

Oliver Herford

Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one SAYS. 'Love' is one of those words, performative words. Some words can literally make things real.