Drama  |  William Congreve  |  Way of the World  |  Act I

Way of the World — Act I (Part 13 of 13)

Mira. But hast not thou then sense enough to know that thou ought’st to be most ashamed of thyself, when thou hast put another out of countenance?

Pet. Not I, by this hand—I always take blushing either for a sign of guilt, or ill breeding.

Mira. I confess you ought to think so. You are in the right, that you may plead the error of your judgment in defence of your practice.

Where modesty’s ill manners, ’tis but fit
That impudence and malice pass for wit.