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Thou Quotes by Saadi
- However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant
- A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
- Pride thyself on what virtue thou hast, and not on thy parentage.
- If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure.
- Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as…
- In the faculty of speech man excels the brute; but if thou utterest what is improper, the brute is they superior.
- If thou tellest the sorrows of thy heart, let it be to him in whose countenance thou mayst be assured of prompt consolation.
- Roam abroad in the world, and take thy fill of its enjoyments before the day shall come when thou must quit it for good.
More Thou Quotes
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee. — Saint Augustine
- Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt. — Saint Augustine
- Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty. — Saint Augustine
- Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. — Marcus Aurelius
- Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. — Marcus Aurelius
- And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last. — Marcus Aurelius
- When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. — Marcus Aurelius
- America, thou half-brother of the world; with something good and bad of every land. — Philip James Bailey
- Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live… — Joseph Addison
- And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy… — Venerable Bede
- The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in… — Joseph Addison