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609 quotes by 267 authors

'Tis a short sight to limit our faith in laws to those of gravity, of chemistry, of botany, and so forth. Those laws do not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
For chemistry is no science form'd Ã priori; 'tis no production of the human mind, framed by reasoning and deduction: it took its rise from… — Herman Boerhaave
We need only reflect on what has been prov'd at large, that we are never sensible of any connexion betwixt causes and effects, and that… — David Hume
'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause,-and of obstinacy in a bad one. — Laurence Sterne
Tis Man's to explore up and down, inch by inch, with the taper his reason. — Robert Browning
There is an old saying "well begun is half done"-'tis a bad one. I would use instead-Not begun at all 'til half done. — John Keats
Experience is the only good 'tis safer to borrow than to buy. — Ivan Panin
When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not take care to… — Benjamin Franklin
Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis his honesty that… — Benjamin Franklin
First, whenever a man talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not his reason, but his passions, which have got the better of… — Laurence Sterne
Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, There's brisker pipes than poetry. Say, for what were hop-yards meant, Or why was Burton built on Trent?… — A. E. Housman
We cannot conceive how the Foetus is form'd in the Womb, nor as much as how a Plant springs from the Earth we tread on… — Joseph Glanvill
Tis not the meat, but 'tis the appetite makes eating a delight. — John Suckling
If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well. It were done quickly. — William Shakespeare
Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get: And… — John Donne
'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury. — Benjamin Franklin
'Tis an old tale, and often told; But did my fate and wish agree, Ne'er had been read, in story old, Of maiden true betray'd… — Walter Scott
'Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed — William Shakespeare
Tis a cruelty to load a fallen man. — William Shakespeare
It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm further off from heaven Than when I was a boy. — Thomas Hood

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