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Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries


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BIBLE In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost ...
BIBLE Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, ...
BIBLE Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the...
BIBLE And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift ...
BIBLE As thou hast sown, so shalt thou reap.
PINARIUS Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy s...
BIBLE And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not opp...
BIBLE Thou hast fair forms that move With queenly tread; Thou hast proud fanes above Thy might...
MRS. FELICIA D. HEMANS Sweet Benjamin, since thou art young, and hast not yet the use of tongue, make it thy slave, while t...
JOHN HOSKINS For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemo...
BIBLE Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, / No winter in thy year.
JOHN LOGAN Rome, Rome, thou art no more As thou hast been! On thy seven hills of yore Thou sat'st a...
MRS. FELICIA D. HEMANS For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:...
BIBLE And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the s...
BIBLE Freedom of speech is useless without freedom of thought. And I fear that the politics of protest is ...
SPIRO T. AGNEW This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong, to love that well which thou must leave ere ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not ...
BIBLE Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I com...
BIBLE Confront Thy Fear Once, And Thou Shalt Be Afraid No More.
SAHIL KARANJE There is thy gold--worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murder in this loathsome world, Tha...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost fa...
BIBLE In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast...
BIBLE Hast thou ice that thou shalt bind it
To thy breast, and make thee dead
To thy children, t...
EURIPIDES Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou ...
BIBLE And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then th...
BIBLE And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
BIBLE When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
BIBLE And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what t...
BIBLE What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin than Dobbin my thill-horse has on ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Demetrius: Villain, what hast thou done?
Aaron: That which thou canst not undo.
Chiron: Th...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy ...
BIBLE I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
BIBLE Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the g...
BIBLE Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the f...
BIBLE For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance...
BIBLE Give of thy love, nor wait to know the worth Of what thou lovest; and ask no returning. And wheresoe...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three,...
MONTY PYTHON Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou sh...
BIBLE The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither ...
BIBLE In all thy undertakings, let a reasonable assurance animate thy endeavors; if thou despairest of suc...
AKHENATON Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
BIBLE And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor la...
BIBLE Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt i...
BIBLE Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any like...
BIBLE Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT AND JOHN FLETCHER And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast sp...
BIBLE To whom thy secret thou dost tell, To him thy freedom thou dost sell
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was ...
BIBLE Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy str...
BIBLE Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
BIBLE They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vestur...
BIBLE Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round a...
BIBLE Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
GEORGE HERBERT But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Fa...
BIBLE In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt...
BIBLE Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou s...
BIBLE Thou shalt not submit thy god to market forces.
TERRY PRATCHETT Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
BIBLE Sweet bird! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, ...
JOHN LOGAN Concluding a short series on authenticity: Think thyself at that Tribunal, that judgment, now: W...
JOHN DONNE Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD.
BIBLE Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
BIBLE Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manse...
BIBLE Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even...
BIBLE Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
BIBLE The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
BIBLE Think not so much of what thou hast not, as of what thou hast; but of the things which thou hast sel...
MARCUS AURELIUS Most Glorious and eternal Majesty, Thou art righteous and holy in all thou dost to the sons of men, ...
CHRISTOPHER LOVE When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine...
BIBLE And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass ove...
BIBLE Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Roman 13:9
BIBLE When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ...
BIBLE Thou hast prevariated with thy friend, By underhand contrivances undone me: And while my open ...
NICHOLAS ROWE Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his h...
BIBLE And then may chance thee to repent
The time that thou hast lost and spent
To cause thy lov...
THOMAS WYATT Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them sec...
BIBLE Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
BIBLE Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten ima...
BIBLE Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
BIBLE Thou that so stoutly hast resisted me, Give me thy gold, if thou hast any gold; For I have bou...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Thou shalt sleep in thy clouds, careless of the voice of the morning.
JAMES MACPHERSON Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee...
BIBLE Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou...
BIBLE Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest, Ri...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not ...
BIBLE Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with...
BIBLE When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
BIBLE Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on ...
BIBLE Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves eyes within thy locks: thy ha...
BIBLE Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress.
MAIMONIDES Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.
MAIMONIDES Dost thou know what life is, my child? Hast thou comprehended the action of those springs which prod...
JULES VERNE Fortune, now see, now proudly Pluck off thy veil, and view thy triumph; look, Look what thou h...
FRANCIS BEAUMONT AND JOHN FLETCHER Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse ...
GEORGE HERBERT And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and th...
BIBLE And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
BIBLE Go thy way, and tell my people, the people of thy Lord God what manner of things, and how great wond...
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfort...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN One should eat to live, not live to eat.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervad...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you would keep your secret from an enemy,
tell it not to a friend.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN