William Congreve Quote

Don't let us be familiar or fond, nor kiss before folks, like my Lady Fadler and Sir Francis…Let us be very strange and well-bred: Let us be as strange as if we had been married a great while, and as well-bred as if we were not married at all.


The Way of the World (1700)


Don't let us be familiar or fond, nor kiss before folks, like my Lady Fadler and Sir Francis…Let us be very strange and well-bred: Let us be as...

Don't let us be familiar or fond, nor kiss before folks, like my Lady Fadler and Sir Francis…Let us be very strange and well-bred: Let us be as...

Don't let us be familiar or fond, nor kiss before folks, like my Lady Fadler and Sir Francis…Let us be very strange and well-bred: Let us be as...

Don't let us be familiar or fond, nor kiss before folks, like my Lady Fadler and Sir Francis…Let us be very strange and well-bred: Let us be as...