Tis Quotes
609 quotes by 269 authors
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Of all the actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all the actions of our lives, 'tis the…
— John Selden
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The moral sense reappears today with the same morning newness that has been from of old the fountain of beauty and strength. You say there…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far; 'tis sufficient to let the company and your adversary see 'tis in your…
— Eustace Budgell
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'Tis only when they spring to Heaven that angels reveal themselves to you.
— Robert Browning
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Give obedience where 'tis truly owed.
— William Shakespeare
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'Tis brief, my lord...as woman's love.
— William Shakespeare
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Tis hard to fight with anger but the prudent man keeps it under control.
— Democritus
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Let us sit and mock the good housewife Fortune from her wheel, that her gifts may henceforth be bestowed equally, I would we could do…
— William Shakespeare
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To consider the matter aright, reason is nothing but a wonderful and unintelligible instinct in our souls, which carries us along a certain train of…
— David Hume
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Tis evident that all reasonings concerning matter of fact are founded on the relation of cause and effect, and that we can never infer the…
— David Hume
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Who seeks, and will not take when once 'tis offered, shall never find it more.
— William Shakespeare
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'Tis better to be known as a good man than a great one, for greatness is an assessment of mortals; goodness a gift of God.
— Spark Matsunaga
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'Tis the maddest trick a man can ever play in his whole life, to let his breath sneak out of his body without any more…
— Miguel de Cervantes
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'Tis certain that a serious attention to the sciences and liberal arts softens and humanizes the temper, and cherishes those fine emotions in which true…
— David Hume
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Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in…
— Sarah Fielding
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For thus the royal mandate ran, When first the human race began, "The social, friendly honest man, Whate'er he be, Tis he fulfils great Nature's…
— Robert Burns
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I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better.
— William Wycherley
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'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
— William Cowper
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In what a forge and what a heat were shaped the anchors of thy hope! Fear not each sudden sound and shock; 'Tis of the…
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Is that a birthday? 'tis, alas! too clear; 'Tis but the funeral of the former year.
— Alexander Pope
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