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01c. 1668 AD

O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee To temper man: we had been brutes without you. Angels are painted fair, to look like you: There 's in you all that we believe of heaven,— Amazing brightness, purity, and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love.

Thomas Otway / quote

02c. 1668 AD

Dear as the vital warmth that feeds my life; Dear as these eyes, that weep in fondness o'er thee.

Thomas Otway / quote

03c. 1668 AD

And die with decency.

Thomas Otway / quote

04c. 1668 AD

What mighty ills have not been done by woman! Who was 't betrayed the Capitol?—A woman! Who lost Mark Antony the world?—A woman! Who was the cause of a long ten years' war, And laid at last old Troy in ashes?—Woman! Destructive, damnable, deceitful woman!

Thomas Otway / quote

05c. 1668 AD

Let us embrace, and from this very moment, vow an eternal misery together.

Thomas Otway / quote

06c. 1668 AD

If we must part forever,Give me but one kind word to think uponand please myself with, while my heart's breaking.

Thomas Otway / quote