Wherefore Quotes

106 Wherefore quotes by 66 unique authors

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
Wherefore being all of one mind, we do highly resolve that government of the grafted by the grafter for the grafter shall not perish from… — Mark Twain
Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name — William Shakespeare
SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In this… — Ambrose Bierce
Wherefore if forgers of money and other evil-doers are forthwith condemned to death by the secular authority, much more reason is there for heretics, as… — St Thomas Aquinas
TOPE, v. To tipple, booze, swill, soak, guzzle, lush, bib, or swig. In the individual, toping is regarded with disesteem, but toping nations are in… — Ambrose Bierce
And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? / I am… — Bible
Knowledge the clue to life can give: Then wherefore hesitate to live — Marcus Aurelius
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not… — Bible
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! / And why… — Bible
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with… — Bible
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. — Bible
And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen… — Bible
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the… — Bible
I stand forth to challenge the wisdom of the world; to interrogate the laws of man and of God! I request reasons for your golden… — Michelangelo
And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward — Bible
For every why he had a wherefore — Samuel Butler
I have of late, yet wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth......wait....there it is, never mind... — Eric Nickel
O booty calls, booty calls! wherefore art thou booty calls? — John Vercetti
Wherefore the race being not to the swift, etc. but time and chance happening to all men, I leave the Judgment of the whole to… — William Petty
I hate and love - wherefore I cannot tell, but by my tortures know the fact too well — Catullus

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