Oft Quotes

179 Oft quotes by 99 unique authors

Sweet Memory! wafted by thy gentle gale, Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail. — Samuel Rogers
There is in stillness oft a magic power To calm the breast when struggling passions lower, Touched by its influence, in the soul arise Diviner… — John Henry Newman
To refer to the oft mooted question, "Which piece is stronger, the Bishop or the Knight?" it is clear that the value of the Bishop… — Emanuel Lasker
Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five… — Jonathan Swift
We oft question and compare.... Is the journey so important or the getting there? — John McLeod
Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes — Christoph Martin Wieland
So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed, And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be! — Bryan Procter
What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet, But poisoned flattery? — William Shakespeare
My joy is death- Death, at whose name I oft have been afeard, Because I wish'd this world's eternity. — William Shakespeare
And join with thee calm Peace and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet. — John Milton
In man's most dark extremity Oft succour dawns from Heaven. — Walter Scott
Costly thy habit [dress] as thy purse can buy; But not expressed in fancy - rich, not gaudy. For the apparel oft proclaims the man. — William Shakespeare
But satire, ever moral, ever new, Delights the reader and instructs him, too. She, if good sense refine her sterling page, Oft shakes some rooted… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
As some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels… — Alexander Pope
Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us - Letters that we ought… — Thomas Hood
He oft finds med'cine, who his griefe imparts; But double griefs afflict concealing harts, As raging flames who striveth to supresse. — Edmund Spenser
And he is oft the wisest manWho is not wise at all. — William Wordsworth
I wish, my dear Kepler, that we could have a good laugh together at the extraordinary stupidity of the mob. What do you think of… — Galileo Galilei
Thy best of rest is sleep, And that thou oft provok'st; yet grossly fear'st Thy death, which is no more. — William Shakespeare
When it was proposed to me to go abroad, rub oft some rust, and better my condition in a worldly sense, I fear lest my… — Henry David Thoreau
How oft,—be witness, Guardian of our days!... The sky besprinkled o'er with rainbow hues, As if angelic wings had wanton'd there;... — Robert Montgomery
It comes to pass oft that a terrible oath, with a swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhood more approbation than ever proof itself would… — William Shakespeare
A troubled countenance oft discloses much. — Seneca the Younger
That each sorrow has its purpose, By the sorrowing oft unguessed, But as sure as the sun brings morning, Whatever is-is best. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Oft from new truths, and new phrase, new doubts grow, As strange attire aliens the men we know. — John Donne

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