Thrice Quotes

And thrice do I say to thee...bite me.

— Jim Butcher

Once lucky, twice confident, and thrice dead.

— Terry Goodkind

“Everything that happens, once and twice, will happen thrice.”

— Santosh Kalwar

“Caesar. Nor heaven nor earth have been at peace to-night.      Thrice”

— William Shakespeare

France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.

— George Herbert

“Twice or thrice had I lov'd thee, Before I knew thy face or name”

— John Donne

So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us often.

— John Donne

“A Tinker's Debt is Always Paid: Once for a simple trade. Twice for freely given aid. Thrice for any insult made.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

The merry cuckow, messenger of Spring, His trumpet shrill hath thrice already sounded.

— Edmund Spenser

Winter, which, being full of care, makes summer's welcome thrice more wish'd, more rare.

— William Shakespeare

Love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel. It is inexorable as the tides, and life and death alike follow…

— Jacqueline Carey

Fish must swim thrice--once is the water, a second time in the sauce, and a third time in wine in the stomach.

— John Ray

I will be deafer than the blue-eyed cat, And thrice as blind as any noonday owl, To holy virgins in their ecstasies.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

Thrice happy is that humble pair, Beneath the level of all care! Over whose heads those arrows fly, Of sad distrust and…

— Edmund Waller

Insatiate archer! could not one suffice? Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace was slain; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon…

— Edward Young

And fairy month of waking mirth From whom our joys ensue Thou early gladder of the earth Thrice welcome here anew With…

— John Clare

Go, write it in a martial hand; be curst and brief; it is no matter how witty, so it be eloquent and…

— William Shakespeare

[On leaving the U.S. for Italy:] I ought to be accomplishing thrice as much as now, and feel that I am soul-bound…

— Harriet Hosmer

I stupidly memorize my credit card and use it about thrice weekly for online shopping. The only reason I don't bankrupt myself…

— Mindy Kaling

He who lives to see two or three generations is like a man who sits some time in the conjurer's booth at…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

You and I, being grown-up and having lost our hearts at least twice or thrice along the way, might shut our eyes…

— Catherynne M. Valente

Let not sleep fall upon thy eyes till thou has thrice reviewed the transactions of the past day. Where have I turned…

— Pythagoras

They say fish should swim thrice * * * first it should swim in the sea (do you mind me?) then it…

— Jonathan Swift

Shadow and dust shall be reclaimed, earth sealing the tomb from which you came. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, warrior return,…

— Christine Feehan

Happy, thrice happy shall they be pronounced hereafter, who have contributed any thing, who have performed the meanest office in erecting this…

— George Washington

I anticipate the day when to command respect in the remotest regions it will be sufficient to say I am an American.…

— Gouverneur Morris

Happy is that mother whose ability to help her children continues on from babyhood and manhood into maturity. Blessed is the son…

— Lydia Hoyt Farmer

Nothing is so unpredictable as a throw of the dice, and yet every man who plays often will at some time or…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I speak as a man of the world to men of the world; and I say to you, Search the Scriptures! The…

— John Quincy Adams

Dear Diary, Today I tried not to think about Mr. Knightly. I tried not to think about him when I discussed the…

— Jane Austen

God abides in each commandment by His gracious power. "God is hidden in His commandments", says St. Mark the Ascetic. God helps…

— Justin Popovic

Let the warriors clamor after gods of blood and thunder; love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel.

— Jacqueline Carey

Thrice happy's the wooing that's not long adoing. So much time is saved in the billing and cooing.

— Richard Harris Barham

The American does not drink at meals as a sensible man should. Indeed, he has no meals. He stuffs for ten minutes…

— Rudyard Kipling

Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, But four times he who gets his blow in fust

— Josh Billings

Happy the man who gains sagacity in youth, but thrice happy he who retains the fervour of youth in age.

— Dagobert D. Runes

Once I guessed right, And I got credit by't; Thrice I guessed wrong, And I kept my credit on.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd Than that which withering on the virgin thorn Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.

— William Shakespeare

“Happy is the people that is without history. And thrice is the people without sociology.”

— Christopher Henry Dawson

Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married. [Take heed of a person marked, and a widow thrice married.]

— George Herbert