"Honest men are the soft easy cushions on……" — Thomas Otway
"Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten."
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Thomas Otway
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13 Quotes by Thomas Otway
Thomas Otway has 13 quotes on this site.
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Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.
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Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain.
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Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em.
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Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery together.
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No praying, it spoils business.
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No flattery, boy! an honest man cannot live by it; it is a little, sneaking art, which knaves use to…
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Oh woman! lovely woman! nature made thee To temper man; we had been brutes without you; Angels are painted fair…
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Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.
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Justice is lame as well as blind, amongst us.
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There is such sweet pain in parting that I could hang forever on thine arms, and look away my life…
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Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labour to overcome the cloud that loads 'em.
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If we must part forever, Give me but one kind word to think upon, And please myself with, while my…
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More Cushions Quotes
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one of 36 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
— Erma Bombeck
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Adaptability cushions the impact of change or disappointment.
— Marvin J. Ashton
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On the hob was a little brass kettle, hissing and boiling; spread upon the floor was a warm, thick rug;…
— Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Ask for a valiant heart which has banished the fear of death, which looks upon the length of days as…
— Juvenal
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In some Churches today and on some religious television programs, we see the attempt to make Christianity popular and pleasant.…
— Billy Graham
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I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
— Sappho
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You can always tell the old river hand by the way in which he stretches himself out upon the cushions…
— Jerome K. Jerome
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There's nothing more I love than McDonald's dollar menu. With just the change I find between my couch cushions, I…
— Stephen Colbert
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Whether it's cushions you only use outside in the summer, or blankets that only come out in the winter, you've…
— Anthea Turner
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Even the idea of a fart makes me laugh. Saying the word 'fart' makes me laugh. I have iFart on…
— George Clooney
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How deep and sticky is the darkness of childhood, how rigid the blades of infant evil, which is unadulterated, unrestrained…
— Katherine Dunn
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Your prayer must be for a healthy mind in a sound body. Ask for a brave soul that has no…
— Juvenal
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