John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3048 Thomas Otway 1652-1685 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3048 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Otway (1652–1685) |
| QUOTATION: | 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! 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Orphan. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| Note 1. O woman, woman! when to ill thy mind Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend. Alexander Pope: Homer’s Odyssey, book xi. line 531. [back] |