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Thy Quotes by John Dryden
- What, start at this! when sixty years have spread. Their grey experience o'er thy hoary head? Is this the all observing age could gain? Or…
- Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light.
- If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good…
- 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…
- 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…
- Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for…
- Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded…
- Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.
- All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars brought nothing about; Thy lovers were all untrue. 'Tis well…
More Thy Quotes
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. — Francis of Assisi
- O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams. — Saint Augustine
- The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of… — Saint Augustine
- Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation… — Marcus Aurelius
- And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last. — Marcus Aurelius
- And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy… — Venerable Bede
- Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks. — Thomas Browne