Thomas Otway quotes

Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery together. (Thomas Otway)
What mighty ills have not been done by woman! Who was 't betrayed the Capitol?-A woman! Who lost Mark Antony the world?-A woman! Who was the cause of a long ten years' war, And laid at last old Troy in ashes?-Woman! Destructive, damnable, deceitful woman! View quote
Thomas Otway
O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee To temper man: we had been brutes without you. Angels are painted fair, to look like you: There 's in you all that we believe of heaven,- Amazing brightness, purity, and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love. View quote
Thomas Otway
And die with decency. View quote
Thomas Otway
Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment. View quote
Thomas Otway
Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten. View quote
Thomas Otway
Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain. View quote
Thomas Otway
Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labour to overcome the cloud that loads 'em. View quote
Thomas Otway
Justice is lame as well as blind, amongst us. View quote
Thomas Otway
Dear as the vital warmth that feeds my life; Dear as these eyes, that weep in fondness o'er thee. View quote
Thomas Otway
No praying, it spoils business. (Thomas Otway)