Tis Quotes

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Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely. 'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
How easy 'tis, when Destiny proves kind, With full-spread sails to run before the wind! — John Dryden
Tis hard with respect to Beauty, that its possessor should not have a life enjoyment of it, but be compelled to resign it after, at… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Our expense is almost all for conformity. It is for cake that we run in debt; 'tis not the intellect, not the heart, not beauty,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
'Tis a superstition to insist on a special diet. All is made at last of the same chemical atoms. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
'Tis expectation makes a blessing dear... — John Suckling
Tis not the fairest form that holds The mildest, purest soul within; 'Tis not the richest plant that holds The sweetest fragrance in. — Charles G. Dawes
Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but death and taxes. — Christopher Bullock
Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of… — Mary Wortley Montagu
'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome. — William Penn
Solitude is the surest nurse of all prurient passions, and a girl in the hurry of preparation, or tumult of gaiety, has neither inclination nor… — Samuel Johnson
No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest Save he who courts the flattery. — Hannah More
Here must thou be, O man, Strength to thyself - no helper hast thou here - Here keepest thou thy individual state: No other can… — William Wordsworth
For 'tis green, green, green, where the ruined towers are gray, And it's green, green, green, all the happy night and day; Green of leaf… — Mary Elizabeth McGrath Blake
Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. — William Wordsworth
Cities give us collision. 'Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
'Tis not need we know our every thought Or see the work shop where each mask is wrought Wherefrom we view the world of box… — Ezra Pound
My guitar, I sing of thee 'Tis with thee that I decoy And ensnare enchantingly the ladies I enjoy. — Pierre de Ronsard
Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: 'Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause. — Ben Jonson
For 'tis the sport to have the engineerHoist with his own petard... — William Shakespeare

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