Famous quotes containing the word oft:
“The wit of man has devised cruel statutes,
And nature oft permits what is by law forbid.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
“And ten low words oft creep in one dull line:”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)