Thou Quotes

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Either all things proceed from one intelligent source and come together as in one body, and the part ought not to find fault with what… — Marcus Aurelius
Why dost thou not pray... to give thee the faculty of not fearing any of the things which thou fearest, or of not desiring any… — Marcus Aurelius
Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time, that what has once… — Marcus Aurelius
What matter and opportunity [for thy activity] art thou avoiding? For what else are all these things, except exercises for the reason, when it has… — Marcus Aurelius
Waste not the remnant of thy life in those imaginations touching other folk, whereby thou contributest not to the common weal. — Marcus Aurelius
In the case of most pains let this remark of Epicurus aid thee, that the pain is neither intolerable nor everlasting, if thou bear in… — Marcus Aurelius
From Plato: the man who has an elevated mind and takes a view of all time and of all substance, dost thou suppose it possible… — Marcus Aurelius
Look on the grave where thou must sleep Thy last, and strongest foe; It is endurance not to weep, If that repose seem woe. — Emily Bronte
Be Good, Do Good.Do thou always without attachment perform action which should be done, for by performing action without attachment, man reaches the Supreme. — Sivananda
The Guide sang: The new age, the new art, the new ethic and thought, And fools crying, Because it has begun It will continue as… — C.S. Lewis
When the gods know that a god hath fallen, With this kindly feeling They do encourage him-- Be thou a god again and again. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Where thou perceivest knowledge, bend the ear of attention and respect; But yield not further to the teaching, than as thy mind is warranted by… — Charles Caleb Colton
The wise maketh every thing the means of advantage; and with the same countenance beholdeth he all the faces of fortune: he governeth the good,… — Robert Dodsley
Thou spring'st a leak already in thy crown, A flaw is in thy ill-bak'd vessel found; 'Tis hollow, and returns a jarring sound, Yet thy… — John Dryden
With odorous oil thy head and hair are sleek; And then thou kemb'st the tuzzes on thy cheek: Of these, my barbers take a costly… — John Dryden
Soul of the age! The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare , rise; I will not lodge thee by Chaucer or Spenser… — Ben Jonson
Where dost thou careless lie, Buried in ease and sloth? Knowledge that sleeps, doth die; And this security, It is the common moth, That eats… — Ben Jonson
Let me set my mournful ditty To a merry measure; Thou wilt never come for pity, Thou wilt come for pleasure; Pity then will cut… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I love tranquil solitude, And such society As is quiet, wise, and good; Between thee and me What difference? but thou dost possess The things… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Thou art Justice ne'er for gold May thy righteous laws be sold As laws are in England thou Shield'st alike the high and low. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Spirit, Patience, Gentleness, All that can adorn and bless Art thou let deeds, not words, express Thine exceeding loveliness. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
How beautiful is sunset when the glow Of Heaven descends upon a land like thee, Thou Paradise of exiles, Italy! — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Dar'st thou amid the varied multitude To live alone, an isolated thing? — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Thou rising Sun! thou blue rejoicing Sky! Yea! every thing that is and will be free! Bear witness for me, whereso'er ye be, With what… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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