It’s a line from a play called Love for Love. The quote is voiced by a character; so the presentation here lacks that context. The play was satirical, and I wouldn’t take the quote at face value. I think Congreve was voicing what had become the standard social games of his time—say like Barney on How I Met Your Mother.
My interpretation: “As a woman, you are stuck with not being allowed to speak what you think, but there is a workaround for this.”
It’s a line from a play called Love for Love. The quote is voiced by a character; so the presentation here lacks that context. The play was satirical, and I wouldn’t take the quote at face value. I think Congreve was voicing what had become the standard social games of his time—say like Barney on How I Met Your Mother.