Quotations on Courtship

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Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.
- William Congreve
(Keywords: Marriage, Courtship, Play, Witty)

Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have.
- Sarah Fielding
(Keywords: Opportunity, Courtship, Flattery)

Almost nothing is known from hybridization studies about the inheritance of courtship behavior of females, or of their responsiveness to particular male signals.
- Peter R. Grant
(Keywords: Behavior, Courtship, Inheritance, Nothing)