Quote#World
Oh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears
Quote byThomas Kyd · 1558–1594
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Spanish Tragedy (1592), Act III, sc. ii.
English (original)
Oh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; Oh life, no life, but lively form of death; Oh world, no world, but mass of public wrongs, Confused and filled with murder and misdeeds.
— Thomas Kyd
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