Wherefore Quotes

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Brown Penny I WHISPERED, 'I am too young,' And then, 'I am old enough'; Wherefore I threw a penny To find out if I might… — William Butler Yeats
And when he had put his hand on mine with a cheerful look, wherefrom I took courage, he brought me within to the secret things.… — Dante Alighieri
None of us makes it through this life without problems and challengesâ€”and sometimes tragedies and misfortunes. After all, in large part we are here to… — Thomas S. Monson
Suddenly, this romantic agony was enriched by a less romantic one: I had to go to the bathroom. Needless to say, I couldn't let her… — Bill Cosby
Wherefore was I to this keen mockery born? When at your hands did I deserve this scorn? Is't not enough, is't not enough, young man,… — William Shakespeare
did you not call this a glorious expedition? and wherefore was it glorious? not because the way was smooth and placid as a southern sea,… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? — William Shakespeare
The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore. — W. Somerset Maugham
In chains and darkness, wherefore should I stay, And mourn in prison, while I keep the key. — Laurell K. Hamilton
Bono met his wife in high school," Park says. "So did Jerry Lee Lewis," Eleanor answers. "Iâ€™m not kidding," he says. "You should be," she… — Rainbow Rowell
Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of: Wherefore, let they voice, Rise like a fountain for me… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
I know I am but summer to your heart, And not the full four seasons of the year; And you must welcome from another part… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Wouldst thou learn thy Lord's meaning in this thing? Learn it well: Love was His meaning. Who shewed it thee? Love. What shewed He thee?… — Julian of Norwich
"He passed over his fall, and appointed him first of the Apostles; wherefore He said: ' 'Simon, Simon,' etc. (in Ps. cxxix. 2). God allowed… — Saint John Chrysostom
In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offence was slain; But the Lord is risen to-day, Christ hath brought us life again,… — Martin Luther
If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because… — Michel de Montaigne
Wherefore the race being not to the swift, etc. but time and chance happening to all men, I leave the Judgement of the whole to… — William Petty
Wherefore when a man giveth out his money upon condition that be may not demand it back until a certain time to come, he certainly… — William Petty
Wherefore the mere practical architect is not able to assign sufficient reasons for the forms he adopts; and the theoretic architect also fails, grasping the… — Vitruvius
Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined… — William Penn

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