Thou Quotes

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
William Shakespeare

True, Self, Night

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Socrates

Friendship, Art, Fall

The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.
George Edward Moore

Men, Art, Alone

O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
William Shakespeare

Wine, Spirit, Devil

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
Benjamin Franklin

Life, Love, Time

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
Confucius

Truth, Art, Anger

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.
Benjamin Franklin

Long, Sell, Thy

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
Benjamin Franklin

Wife, Fire, Put

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.
Benjamin Franklin

Away, Sure, Since

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.
Benjamin Franklin

Time, Gain, Thy

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
Aristotle

Life, Find, Last

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
Voltaire

Truth, Live, May

Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail.
Martin Luther

Dog, Shall, Golden

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
Marcus Aurelius

Good, Within, Dig

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.
Lord Byron

Life, Tomorrow, Evening

Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
Saint Augustine

Heart, Until, Quiet

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.
Marcus Aurelius

Life, Give, Last

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
Marcus Aurelius

Work, Again, Half

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
Marcus Aurelius

Life, Art, Angry

If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Francis Quarles

Love, God, Strength

Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.
William Blake

Black, Night, Read

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If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love's sake only.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Love, Except, Naught

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss!
Victor Hugo

Art, Soul, Earth

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Great, Art, Fail

Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
Homer

Heart, Known, Worse

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
Aleister Crowley

Law, Whole, Shall

I am and always will be a sinner. But that's the beautiful thing about Jesus. I'll always try to be a better person in the eyes of God. But I'm not all of a sudden stepping up on a pedestal and saying I'm holier than thou, 'cause I'm not!
Billy Ray Cyrus

God, Beautiful, Saying

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
Saint Augustine

Command, Grant, Wilt

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
Saint Augustine

Art, Full, Empty

A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.
Omar Khayyam

Wine, Bread, Loaf

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