Famous quotes containing the word oft:
“Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained,
And prayed me oft forbearance; did it with
A pudency so rosy the sweet view ont
Might well have warmed old Saturn; that I thought her
As chaste as unsunned snow.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“The art of medicine in the season lies:
Wine given in season oft will benefit,
Which out of season injures.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
“We are oft to blame in this,
Tis too much proved, that with devotions visage
And pious action we do sugar oer
The devil himself.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)