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Hell Hath No Fury

February4

So yesterday I was busy fixing my computer and cables and trying to attach some cable ties to get it all in order when one of my children told me about boy problems she was having. The look on her face instantly brought to mind the quote:

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

Will the quote is sometimes attributed to Shakespeare, it is actually from a play called The Mourning Bride, written in 1697 by william Congreve. The entire quote is:

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned / Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned

Congreve (1670-1729) was considered a classic of Restoration comedy, way before spray paint was invented!

posted under Word Origins

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