Famous quotes containing the word oft:
“Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache:
Do be my enemy for friendship’s sake.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“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)
“It oft falls out,
To have what we would have, we speak not what we mean.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)