Vanbrugh, Sir John quotes
1664-1726 British Playwright and Baroque architectThe want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable.
Vanbrugh, Sir John
Desire
You may build castles in the air, and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please. But I tell you, no man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or will be so.
Vanbrugh, Sir John
Infidelity
If women were humbler, men would be more honest.
Vanbrugh, Sir John
Men and Women
I never had but one intrigue yet: but I confess I long to have another. Pray heaven it end as the first did tho , that we may both grow weary at a time; for Tis a melancholy thing for lovers to outlive one another.
Vanbrugh, Sir John
Adultery
Virtue is its own reward. There s a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.
Vanbrugh, Sir John
Virtue