50 Quotes by Thomas Otway


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

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

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    Ere man's corruptions made him wretched, he Was born most noble that was born most free; Each of himself was lord; and unconfin'd Obey'd the dictates of his godlike mind.

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    Honesty was a cheat invented first To bind the hands of bold deserving rogues, That fools and cowards might sit safe in power, And lord it uncontroll'd above their betters.

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    Home I would go But that my doors are hateful to my eyes, Fill'd and damm'd up with gaping creditors, Watchful as fowlers when their game will spring.

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