Oft Quotes

179 quotes by 101 authors

Sometimes in television, if there are storylines that are oft-told, people can be hypercritical of them. — Patrick Dempsey
Oft a little morning rain Foretells a pleasant day. — Charlotte Bronte
And oft I heard the tender dove In firry woodlands making moan. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Unseen hands delay The coming of what oft seems close in ken, And, contrary, the moment, when we say "'Twill never come!" comes on us… — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
The feathered arrow of satire has oft been wet with the heart's blood of its victims. — Benjamin Disraeli
Blind fear, that seeing reason leads, finds safer footing than blind reason stumbling without fear: to fear the worst oft cures the worse. — William Shakespeare
Tis gold Which buys admittance--oft it doth--yea, and makes Diana's rangers false themselves, yield up This deer to th' stand o' th' stealer: and 'tis… — William Shakespeare
Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so; Pardon is still the nurse of second woe. — William Shakespeare
The moon, the moon, so silver and cold, Her fickle temper has oft been told, Now shade--now bright and sunny-- But of all the lunar… — Thomas Hood
Discord oft in music makes the sweeter lay. — Edmund Spenser
England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas… — Walter Scott
Oft has good nature been the fool's defence, And honest meaning gilded want of sense. — William Shenstone
That from small fires comes oft no small mishap. — George Herbert
They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known The pangs of a poetic birth By labours of their own. — William Cowper
Joking decides great things, Stronger and better oft than earnest can. — John Milton
Sweet bird that shunn'st the nose of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee, chauntress, oft, the woods among, I woo, to hear thy even-song. — John Milton
I am in Rome! Oft as the morning ray Visits these eyes, waking at once I cry, Whence this excess of joy? What has befallen… — Samuel Rogers
Nonsense and noise will oft prevail, When honor and affection fail. — Robert Lloyd
And when children begin to use their reason, fathers and mothers should take great pains to fill their hearts with the fear of God. This… — Saint Francis de Sales
Oft on the dappled turf at ease I sit, and play with similes, Loose type of things through all degrees. — William Wordsworth

Who Wrote These Oft Quotes

101 authors contributed a total of 179 Oft Quotes, led by these top contributors: