Editing William Congreve (section)

==Famous lines==
{{Wikiquote|William Congreve}}
Two of Congreve's phrases from ''[[The Mourning Bride]]'' (1697) have become famous, although they are frequently misquoted or misattributed to [[William Shakespeare]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = You are [mis]quoting Shakespeare|url = https://folgereducation.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/you-are-misquoting-shakespeare/|website = Folger SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY|date = 22 December 2011|access-date = 3 November 2015}}</ref>
*"Musick has charms to soothe a savage breast", which is the first line of the play, spoken by Almeria in Act I, Scene I. This is often rendered as: "Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast" or even "savage beast". On 9 September 1956, the line was recited in front of the largest television audience at that time, some 60.7 million viewers, by [[Charles Laughton]], prior to bidding the audience good night on [[Elvis Presley]]'s first appearance on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'', which Laughton was guest hosting. 
*"Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd, Nor hell a [[erinyes|fury]], like a woman scorned", spoken by Zara in Act III, Scene VIII,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Congreve|first1=William|title=The Mourning Bride: A Tragedy|date=1753|publisher=J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand|location=Dublin|page=[https://archive.org/details/mourningbrideat01conggoog/page/n49 46]|url=https://archive.org/details/mourningbrideat01conggoog|access-date=17 June 2017|language=en}}</ref> but paraphrased as "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Merz|first1=Theo|title=Ten literary quotes we all get wrong|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/10556095/Ten-literary-quotes-we-all-get-wrong.html|website=Telegraph.co.uk|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=17 June 2017|language=en|date=21 January 2014}}</ref> In the South Korean [[Netflix]] drama [[Squid Game|''Squid Game'']], a character references the line after witnessing a female contestant take out a male contestant in a deadly variation of [[hopscotch]], mistakenly believing it to be a Shakespeare quote, before another character correctly attributes it to Congreve.

Congreve coined another famous phrase in ''Love for Love'' (1695):
*"O fie, Miss, you must not [[kiss and tell]]."