Thou Quotes

1757 Thou quotes by 624 unique authors

Except thou desire to hasten thine end, take this for a general rule, that thou never add any artificial heat to thy body by wine… — Walter Raleigh
Do not fancy, as too many do, that thou canst praise God by singing hymns to Him in church once a week, and disobeying Him… — Charles Kingsley
When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. God is more there than thou: for thou art there Only by his permission. Then beware,… — George Herbert
Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater. — George Herbert
Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark… — George Herbert
When thou dost tell another's jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin. — George Herbert
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, When once it is within thee; but before Mayst rule it, as thou list: and… — George Herbert
Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away. — William Cowper
How shall I speak thee, or thy power address Thou God of our idolatry, the Press. . . . . Like Eden's dead probationary tree,… — William Cowper
Hast thou not learnd what thou art often told, A truth still sacred, and believed of old, That no success attends on spears and swords… — William Cowper
O Reader! hast thou eer stood to see The Holly-tree? The eye that contemplates it well perceies Its glossy leaes Ordered by an Intelligence so… — Robert Southey
Silence! coeval with eternity! thou wert ere Nature's self began to be; thine was the sway ere heaven was formed on earth, ere fruitful thought… — Alexander Pope
If at great things thou would'st arrive, Get riches first, get wealth, and treasure heap, Not difficult, if thou hearken to me; Riches are mine,… — John Milton
O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still; Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill… — John Milton
Well observe The rule of Not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st. — John Milton
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome When no force else can get the masterdom — Robert Herrick
Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution. — Robert Herrick
And Thou, vast Ocean! on whole awful face Time's iron feet can print no ruin trace. — Robert Montgomery
Thou hastenest down between the hills to meet me at the road, The secret scarcely lisping of thy beautiful abode Among the pines and mosses… — Lucy Larcom
Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901 Be not afraid to pray... to pray is right. Pray if thou canst with hope;… — Hartley Coleridge
Pray to be perfect, though material leaven Forbid the spirit so on earth to be; But if for any wish thou darest not pray, Then… — Hartley Coleridge
If thou lookest on the lime-leaf, Thou a heart's form will discover; Therefore are the lindens ever Chosen seats of each fond lover. — Heinrich Heine
Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient… — John Keats
Neutrality is dangerous, whereby thou becomest a necessary prey to the conqueror. — Francis Quarles
See, here's a shadow found; the human nature Is made th' umbrella to the Deity, To catch the sunbeams of thy just Creator; Beneath this… — Francis Quarles

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