| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 13099 |
| QUOTATION: | A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as tother of beauty. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Congreve (16701729), British dramatist. Witwoud, in The Way of the World, act 1, sc. 1 (1700). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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