Oft Quotes

179 quotes by 101 authors

With little here to do or see Of things that in the great world be, Sweet Daisy! oft I talk to thee For thou art… — William Wordsworth
On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive Fair trains of images before me rise, Accompanied by feelings of… — William Wordsworth
And oft I thought (my fancy was-so strong) That I, at last, a resting-place had found: 'Here: will I dwell,' said I,' my whole life… — William Wordsworth
Much too oft we make life gloomy-- When happy we might be, If we gathered more of sunshine, And not dark shadows see. — Charles Caleb Colton
Where dost thou careless lie, Buried in ease and sloth? Knowledge that sleeps, doth die; And this security, It is the common moth, That eats… — Ben Jonson
Poets like painters, thus unskilled to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, And hide with ornaments… — Alexander Pope
Less oft peace in Shelley's mind, Than calm in waters seen. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
On this hapless earth There 's small sincerity of mirth, And laughter oft is but an art To drown the outcry of the heart. — Hartley Coleridge
Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store? Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find Thee sitting careless on a granary floor, Thy hair soft-lifted… — John Keats
Fain would I wed a fair young man that night and day could please me, When my mind or body grieved that had the power… — Thomas Campion
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause. — Baltasar Gracian
Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart. — Edwin Markham
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end. — John Milton
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones. — William Shakespeare
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. — William Shakespeare
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving. — William Shakespeare
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done! — William Shakespeare
For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood they flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of… — William Wordsworth
Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate And though I oft have passed them by A day will… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may… — J.R.R. Tolkien

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