Thomas Otway
Thomas Otway
Thomas Otwaywas an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for Venice Preserv'd, or A Plot Discover'd...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
together misery moments
Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery together.
men mind noble
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.
time men clock
Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.
honesty men needs
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.
children blessing torment
Children blessings seem, but torments are.
women hypocrisy mind
Who can describe Women's hypocrisies! their subtle wiles, Betraying smiles, feign'd tears, inconstancies! Their painted outsides, and corrupted minds, The sum of all their follies, and their falsehoods.
love men old-man
The worst thing an old man can be is a lover.
wise greatness men
Greatness, thou gaudy torment of out souls, The wise man's fetter, and the rage of fools.
honesty ornaments needs
Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain.
men promise poor
False as the adulterate promises of favorites in power when poor men court them.
art boys men
No flattery, boy! an honest man cannot live by it; it is a little, sneaking art, which knaves use to cajole and soften fools withal.
men lovely everlasting-love
O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee To temper man: we had been brutes without you.