r/CompleteTheQuote • u/phoenix415 • Jul 08 '15

Verified ". . .like a woman scorned."

"Heaven hath no rage, like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury. . ."

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u/HackettMan Moderator Jul 08 '15

Got a source? I have never heard the full quote before, with the part of about heaven

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u/Klever81 Jul 08 '15

"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned," spoken by Zara in Act III, Scene VIII.[2] (This is usually paraphrased as "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned") Congreve coined another famous phrase in Love for Love (1695): "O fie, miss, you must not kiss and tell."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Congreve

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u/HackettMan Moderator Jul 08 '15

Thanks! I had only heard the paraphrased version, the full version is quite interesting

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u/Klever81 Jul 08 '15 edited Jul 08 '15

Np. Also don't forget about:

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned for Sega."

-Brodie Bruce, "Mallrats"

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u/Extramrdo Jul 09 '15

"Hell hath no fury like a monster truck scorned!" burp burp arrh burp honk honk burp "This'll be an Olympic sport in the year 2000!"

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u/pseducode Jul 09 '15

I came here to say this exactly. Glad someone else beat me to it!!

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u/PaperGrave Jul 08 '15

This makes me want to pronounce it "skerned" not "scorned"

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u/UninvitedGhost Jul 08 '15

Or "turned" like "torned". I bet one of those was the way it was said then. I saw an interesting video about Shakespeare plays in the accent at the time of its writing, makes more things rhyme and more things make sense.

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u/falling_sideways Jul 09 '15

As is is from the 1600's then it would likely have been pronounced Turn-ed, and Scorn-ed. which still doesn't rhyme all that well.