Definition of Thou

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Definition of Thou

Thou

The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style.

To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt.

To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the Friends.

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Thou Quotations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thou Translations

thou in Afrikaans is jou, jy
thou in Danish is du
thou in Dutch is je, jij, jou
thou in French is tu
thou in German is du
thou in Hungarian is te
thou in Italian is tu
thou in Portuguese is tu

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