Famous quotes containing the word oft:
“Thy best of rest is sleep,
And that thou oft provok’st, yet grossly fear’st
Thy death, which is no more.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes deeds ill done!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Let him
Who was love’s teacher teach you too love’s cure;
Let the same hand that wounded bring the balm.
Healing and poisonous herbs the same soil bears,
And rose and nettle oft grow side by side.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)