Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.
Thomas Otway
Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.
Thomas Otway
Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.
Thomas Otway
Justice is lame as well as blind, amongst us.
Thomas Otway
Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery together.
Thomas Otway
No praying, it spoils business.
Thomas Otway
Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labour to overcome the cloud that loads 'em.
Thomas Otway
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Biography
Type: Dramatist
Nationality: English
Born: 1652
Died: 1685
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