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• And die with decency.

  Thomas Otway

  Death, Dies, Decency

  Nicholas Rowe, James Thompson, Richard Steele, Richard-Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas-John Dibdin (1815). “Tamerlane. A Tragedy”

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

  Thomas Otway

  Grief, Sorrow, Speak

  Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton (1813). “The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway: In Three Volumes”, p.125

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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.

  Thomas Otway

  Men, Mind, Noble

  1676 Don Carlos, act 2.

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

  Thomas Otway

  Sex, Dames, Female

  Thomas Otway (1712). “The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway, in Two Volumes”, p.199

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

  Thomas Otway

  Hate, Judging, Too Much

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

  Thomas Otway

  Sweet, Pain, Eye

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

  Thomas Otway

  Wise, Greatness, Men

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• No praying, it spoils business.

  Thomas Otway

  Business, Praying, Spoil

  'Venice Preserved' (1682) act 2, l. 87

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• Love reigns a very tyrant in my heart.

  Thomas Otway

  Heart, Tyrants, Reign

  Thomas Otway (1777). “The Orphan: Or, The Unhappy Marriage : a Tragedy, as it is Acted at the Theatres Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden”, p.3

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

  Thomas Otway

  Clouds, Shining, Tears

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• 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.

  Thomas Otway

  Art, Men, Boys

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• Revenge, the attribute of gods! They stamped it with their great image on our natures.

  Thomas Otway

  Revenge, Attributes, Attributes Of God

  Thomas Otway (1874). “Venice Preserved: A Tragedy in Five Acts ...”, p.13

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• I may boldly speak In right, though proud oppression will not hear me!

  Thomas Otway

  May, Proud, Speak

  1682 Venice Preserved, or a Plot Discovered, act1, sc.1.

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