Oft

Famous quotes containing the word oft:

    “Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “It oft falls out,
    To have what we would have, we speak not what we mean.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “How oft upon yon eminence our pace
    Has slackened to a pause, and we have borne
    The ruffling wind, scarce conscious that it blew,
    While admiration, feeding at the eye,
    And still unsated, dwelt upon the scene.”
    —William Cowper (1731–1800)