Vows

Vows are particularly serious promises or oaths, often made within a religious context, such as a wedding vow or a vow of chastity. Quotes Vow me no vows. Beaumont and Fletcher, Wit without Money (c. 1614; publisher 1639), Act IV, scene 4. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. Ecclesiastes. V. 5. Oh, why should vows so fondly made, Be broken ere the morrow,To one who loves as never maid Loved in this world of sorrow? James Hogg, The Broken Heart (1829). Vows with so much passion, swears with so much grace,That 'tis a kind of Heaven to be deluded by him. Nathaniel Lee, The Rival Queens (1677), Act I, scene 1. Ease would recantVows made in pain, as violent and void. John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667; 1674), Book IV, line 96. Let us embrace, and from this very momentVow an eternal misery together. Thomas Otway, The Orphan(1680), Act IV, scene 1. Ay, springes to catch woodcocks. I do knowWhen the blood burns, how prodigal the soulLends the tongue vows. William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act I, scene 3. ("Lends" in quarto, "gives" in folio). I understand. We all have to honor our vows. To the living and to the dead. Batman (Kevin Conroy), Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu (2003) External links Vow vow Category:Discourse Category:Semiotics