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title: "4 Hadst Thou Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Why, I hold fate Clasped in my fist, and could command the course Of time's eternal motion, hadst thou been One thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/why-i-hold-fate-clasped-in-my-fist-and-could-command-the-course-of/)

[John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/)

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> [“Tis well thou art not fish; if thou hadst, thou hadst been poor-John.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/tis-well-thou-art-not-fish-if-thou-hadst-thou-hadst-been-poor-john/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [“Hadst thou but tasted once the thousandth part Of joys, which bless the loved and loving heart, Your words repentant and your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torquato-tasso/hadst-thou-but-tasted-once-the-thousandth-part-of-joys-which-bless/)

[Torquato Tasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torquato-tasso/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/torquato-tasso-21954_love_hadst-thou-but-tasted-once-the-thousandt_509410.png)

> [“Hadst thou sought the whole earth over," said he, looking darkly at the clergyman, "there was no place so secret- no high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hawthorne/hadst-thou-sought-the-whole-earth-over-said-he-looking-darkly-at-the/)

[Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hawthorne/)

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