Oft Quotes

179 Oft quotes by 99 unique authors

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 rose“, cried the Nightingale, "and Life is very dear to all. “ 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 what’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 ‘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
The General Theory was not truly revolutionary at all but merely old and oft-refuted mercantilist and inflationist fallacies dressed up in shiny new garb, replete… — Murray Rothbard
Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship's sake. — William Blake
Wisdom oft comes from the mouth of babes. — George R. R. Martin
Despair and Genius are too oft connected — Lord Byron
Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts," he declared. "I doubt if he could kill a duck." Tyrion shrugged.… — George R. R. Martin
A bran' new book is a beautiful thing, all promise and fresh pages, the neatly squared spine, the brisk sense of a journey beginning. But… — Lewis Buzbee
They say night's beauties fade at dawn, and the children of wine are oft disowned in the morning light. — George R. R. Martin
Pleasure is oft a visitant; but pain Clings cruelly to us. — John Keats
A sweet face oft hides a sinner's heart. — George R. R. Martin
The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead. — George Savile

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