Books Quote by Bible

“Belatedly I loved thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new, belatedly I loved thee. For see, thou wast within and I was without,…

— St. Augustine of Hippo

When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me Water with berries in't; and teach me how To…

— William Shakespeare

Old noted oak! I saw thee in a mood Of vague indifference; and yet with me Thy memory, like thy fate, hath lingering stood…

— John Clare

A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf of bread-and thou.

— Edward Fitzgerald

“Thou and I are but the blind instruments of some irresistible fatality, that hurries us along, like ships driving before the storm, which are…

— Sir Walter Scott

“So. Avelaval. My leaves have drifted from me. All. But one clings still. I'll bear it on me. To remind me of. Lff! So…

— James Joyce

“Since thou wilt not remain here, chieftain, thou shalt receive the boon whatsoever thy tongue may name, as far as the wind dries, and…

— Mabinogion

Thou and I are but the blind instruments of some irresistible fatality, that hurries us along, like goodly vessels driving before the storm, which…

— Walter Scott

“Fear no more the heat o' the sun, Nor the furious winter's rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en…

— William Shakespeare

“And while thou livest, dear Kate, take a fellow of plain and uncoined constancy; for he perforce must do thee right, because he hath…

— William Shakespeare

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family.

— Gustave Flaubert

“Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly…

— John Keats