Thou Quotes
1757 Thou quotes by 624 unique authors
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A Locanian having plucked all the feathers off from a nightingale and seeing what a little body it had, "surely," quoth he, "thou art all…
— Plutarch
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Thou shalt come out of a warme Sunne into God's blessing.
— John Lyly
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I am in Rome! Oft as the morning ray Visits these eyes, waking at once I cry, Whence this excess of joy? What has befallen…
— Samuel Rogers
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Out of the fragrant heart of bloom, The bobolinks are singing; Out of the fragrant heart of bloom The apple-tree whispers to the room, "Why…
— William Dean Howells
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Oh mysterious world of all light, thou hast made a light shine within me, and I have grown in admiration of thy antique beauty, which…
— Paul Gauguin
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Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of seeing God "without holiness," or of having part in Christ except thou "love…
— Richard Baxter
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O Earth! all bathed with blood and years, yet never / Hast thou ceased putting forth thy fruit and flowers.
— Madame de Stael
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As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee? Fed with nourishment divine, The dewy morning's gentle wine! Nature waits upon thee still, And…
— Abraham Cowley
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Oh, Conscience! Conscience! man's most faithful friend, Him canst thou comfort, ease, relieve, defend; But if he will thy friendly checks forego, Thou art, oh!…
— George Crabbe
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Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man. Behold, "There is a God," thou sayest. Thou sayest well: In that…
— Jean Ingelow
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Quoth the Ocean, "Dawn! O fairest, clearest, Touch me with thy golden fingers bland; For I have no smile till thou appearest For the lovely…
— Jean Ingelow
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Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee.
— Philip Massinger
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Old noted oak! I saw thee in a mood Of vague indifference; and yet with me Thy memory, like thy fate, hath lingering stood For…
— John Clare
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If thou art terrible to manyh, then beware of many.
— Decimius Magnus Ausonius
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If thou shouldst paint mountains in a good style and to look natural, take some large stones full of cracks and copy them.
— Cennino Cennini
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Sleep, to the homeless thou art home; the friendless find in thee a friend
— Ebenezer Elliott
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Thou little bird, thou dweller by the sea, Why takest thou its melancholy voice, And with that boding cry Along the waves dost thou fly?…
— Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
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What thou intendest to do, speak not of before thou doest it.
— Pittacus of Mytilene
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Happy thou that learnest from another's griefs, not to subject thyself to the same.
— Tibullus
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Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world But those who slide along the grassy sod, And sting the luckless foot that presses them?…
— Joanna Baillie
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If thou canst walk on water, thou art no better than a straw. If thou canst fly in the air, thou art no better than…
— Aziz Ansari
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Thou shalt not let a day pass without rereading something great.
— Stephen Vizinczey
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And thou hast stolen a jewel, Death! Shall light thy dark up like a Star. A Beacon kindling from afar Our light of love and…
— Gerald Massey
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Knowest thou not the beauty of thine own face? Quit this temper that leads thee to war with thyself.
— Unknown Author
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