Honest men are the soft easy c...

Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.

Shining through tears, like Ap...

Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em.

There is such sweet pain in pa...

There is such sweet pain in parting that I could hang forever on thine arms, and look away my life into thine eyes.

You talk to me in parables.

You talk to me in parables.
You may have known that I'm no wordy man,
Fine speeches are the instruments of knaves
Or fools that use them, when they want good sense;
But honesty
Needs no disguise nor ornament: be plain.

Thomas Otway 03.03.2018 03:03:03 45 quotes

Children blessings seem, but t...

Children blessings seem, but torments are.

How many men
Have spent t...

How many men
Have spent their blood in their dear country's service,
Yet now pine under want; while selfish slaves,
That even would cut their throats whom now they fawn on,
Like deadly locusts, eat the honey up,
Which those industrious bees so hardly toil'd for.

Avoid the politic, the factiou...

Avoid the politic, the factious fool,
The busy, buzzing, talking harden'd knave;
The quaint smooth rogue that sins against his reason,
Calls saucy loud sedition public zeal,
And mutiny the dictates of his spirit.

False as the adulterate promis...

False as the adulterate promises of favorites in power when poor men court them.

Cowards are scared with threat...

Cowards are scared with threatenings; boys are whipped into confession; but a steady mind acts of itself, ne'er asks the body counsel.

Base natures ever judge a thin...

Base natures ever judge a thing above them, and hate a power they are too much obliged to.

Dame Fortune, like most others...

Dame Fortune, like most others of the female sex, is generally most indulgent to the nimble-mettled blockheads.

Who's a prince or beggar in th...

Who's a prince or beggar in the grave?

Greatness, thou gaudy torment ...

Greatness, thou gaudy torment of out souls,
The wise man's fetter, and the rage of fools.

The worst thing an old man can...

The worst thing an old man can be is a lover.

Could my griefs speak, the tal...

Could my griefs speak, the tale would have no end.

Love reigns a very tyrant in m...

Love reigns a very tyrant in my heart.

Honest men are the soft easy c...

Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.

Shining through tears, like Ap...

Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em.

Ambition is a lust that is nev...

Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.

Clocks will go as they are set...

Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.