Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.
Quote by Thomas Otway about ambition, joy
Quotes by Thomas Otway
8 quotes by Thomas Otway
Thomas Otway, English dramatist
Life period: 1652 - 1685
Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.
Quote by Thomas Otway about man
Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.
Quote by Thomas Otway about honesty, man
If we must part forever, Give me but one kind word to think upon, And please myself with, while my heart's breaking.
Quote by Thomas Otway about word, heart
Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery together.
Quote by Thomas Otway about moment
Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labour to overcome the cloud that loads 'em.
Quote by Thomas Otway about wish, tears
