Oath of Office/religious Bodies

Famous quotes containing the words oath of, oath, office, religious and/or bodies:

    The oath of a lover is no stronger than the word of a
    tapster; they are both the confirmer of false reckonings.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    The oath of a lover is no stronger than the word of a
    tapster; they are both the confirmer of false reckonings.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Go; and if that word have not quite killed thee,
    Ease me with death by bidding me got too.
    Oh, if it have, let my word work on me,
    And a just office on a murderer do.
    Except it be too late to kill me so,
    Being double dead: going, and bidding go.
    John Donne (1572–1631)

    I am always most religious upon a sunshiny day ...
    George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    Abode where lost bodies roam each searching for its lost one.
    Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)