William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright, satirist, poet, and Whig politician. Noted for his highly polished style of writing, he is regarded by critics to be one of the most important dramatists of the Georgian era, and is credited with developing and popularising...
If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable.
Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.