Oft Quotes

179 quotes by 101 authors

How oft, in nations gone corrupt, And by their own devices brought down to servitude, That man chooses bondage before liberty. Bondage with ease before… — John Milton
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand… — William Shakespeare
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven. — William Shakespeare
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn. — J.R.R. Tolkien
True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd; Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That… — Alexander Pope
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,… — Alexander Pope
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year. — Walter Scott
Death is a great price to pay for a red roseâ€œ, cried the Nightingale, "and Life is very dear to all. â€œ It is pleasant… — Oscar Wilde
We are oft to blame in this, - 'tis too much proved, - that with devotion's visage, and pios action we do sugar o'er the… — William Shakespeare
Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. — William Shakespeare
Striving to better, oft we mar whatâ€™s well. — William Shakespeare
How oft do they rescue or ruin us, through whimsy or design or a combination of both, the adults to whom we entrust our care! — Rick Yancey
Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Many are the strange chances of the world,' said Mithrandir, 'and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter. — J.R.R. Tolkien
I have no way and therefore want no eyes I stumbled when I saw. Full oft 'tis seen our means secure us, and our mere… — William Shakespeare
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest, and despair most fits. — William Shakespeare
There is no more beautiful sight in all this world than to see a family praying together. There is real meaning behind the oft-quoted â€˜The… — Thomas S. Monson
Love is a kind of dementia with very precise and oft-repeated clinical symptoms. You blush in each other's presence, you both hover in places where… — Louis de Bernieres
Thy soul is by vile fear assailed, which oft so overcasts a man, that he recoils from noblest resolution, like a beast at some false… — Dante Alighieri
It has oft been said that physicians make the worst patients, but it is the opinion of This Author that any man makes a terrible… — Julia Quinn

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