Famous quotes containing the word oft:
“How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes deeds ill done!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content,
The quiet mind is richer than a crown;
Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent,
The poor estate scorns Fortune’s angry frown.
Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss,
Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss.”
—Robert Greene (1558?–1592)
“To fear the worst oft cures the worse.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)