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)
“How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes deeds ill done!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“And ten low words oft creep in one dull line:”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)