What! Wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE What! wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice? -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE What, wouldst thou have me turn pelican, and feed thee out of my
own vitals?
WILLIAM CONGREVE Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
GEORGE HERBERT Make me what Thou wouldst have me. I bargain for nothing. I make no terms. I seek for no previous in...
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?
GEORGE HERBERT If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.
WILLIAM PENN Thou hast but enraged, not insulted me, sir; but for that I ask thee not to beware of Starbuck; thou...
HERMAN MELVILLE And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the wo...
VENERABLE BEDE Prithee," He protested, "if thou wouldst waiteth a goddamned second-
TESSA DARE Console thyself, thou wouldst not seek Me, if thou hadst not found Me
BLAISE PASCAL Approach a great painting as thou wouldst approach a great prince.
KAKUZō OKAKURA Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor;
And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.
WILLIAM COWPER "We know who we are, but not what we may be." William Shakespeare
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I give thee what is most my own - A Dedication by Francis William Bourdillon
FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599
JAMES SHAPIRO Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou a...
WILLIAM DRUMMOND William Shakespeare: 'Close up this din of hateful decay, decomposition of your witches' plot! You t...
GARETH ROBERTS Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the ...
BIBLE He was not of an age, but fo...
BEN JONSON When thou cam'st first,
Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me
Water with berri...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Soul of the Age! / The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage! / My Shakespeare, rise; I will no...
BEN JONSON A wretched soul, bruised with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry.
But were we burd...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Beloved," said the Glorious One, "unless thy desire had been for me thou wouldst not have sought so ...
C.S. LEWIS I hate ingratitude more in a man
than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
or any taint...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There is no greater mistake in life than seeing things or hearing them at the wrong time. Shakespear...
AGATHA CHRISTIE The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither ...
BIBLE Wouldst thou have that
Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life,
And live a coward in thine o...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou sh...
BIBLE Heavy is the head that wears the crown
William Shakespeare
CHARMAINE J. FORDE If thou hadst once entered into the mind of Jesus, and hadst tasted, yea, even a little of his tende...
THOMAS À KEMPIS Time carries off all things; wouldst thou exchange - Name, looks, nature, luck? Just give time full ...
PLATO Since that all things thou wouldst praise / Beauty took from those who loved them / In other days.
WALTER DE LA MARE Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
...
MICHAEL EYQUEN DE MONTAIGNE O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!
DANTE ALIGHIERI O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!.
DANTE (ALIGHIERI) Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.
CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA) Thou has heard the words of Christ. . . .
Dost thou weep, when I have thee, Poor soul, what ai...
RICHARD BAXTER Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories.
NICHOLAS SPARKS William Shakespeare: You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die.
MARC NORMAN Remember thee! remember thee!
Till Lethe quench life's burning stream
Remorse and sham...
GEORGE GORDON BYRON Do Good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.
WILLIAM PENN Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? / Sharp arrows of...
BIBLE Jesus! why dost Thou love me so? What hast Thou seen in me To make my happiness so great, So dear...
FREDRICK WILLIAM FABER Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with r...
AKHENATON AKHENATON Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with r...
AKHENATON From the beginning, look, what thou desires to see, it shall be shew thee.
COMPTON GAGE Justice, voiceless, unseen, seeth thee when thou sleepest and when thou goest forth and when thou li...
AESCHYLUS Infected minds to their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE So fair and foul a day I have not seen.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A third...candidate for Shakespearean authorship was Christopher Marlowe. He was the right age (just...
BILL BRYSON Well, the thing that I suppose is closest to my heart is Shakespeare. I really am a nerd about Shake...
TOM HIDDLESTON In the works of JOSEPH DEVLIN In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not ...
BIBLE Thou seest, thou wicked varlet, now, what’s come upon thee: thou art to continue, now, thou varlet...
LORNA SAGE Bless thee, Bottom! bless thee! thou art translated. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 1.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 "I have not sought Thee, I have not found Thee, I have no...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which tho...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not ...
BIBLE Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
BIBLE Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar
BIBLE When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what
is before thee:
And put a knife t...
BIBLE When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: / And put a knife to...
BIBLE And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him...
BIBLE And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast...
BIBLE O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!
BARRY CORNWALL O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!
BRYAN PROCTER Hail to thee, Alabama, thou verdant trollop!
JOSHILYN JACKSON Ay me! For aught that I could every read,
Could ever hear by tale or history,
The course o...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with...
BIBLE Ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend,
More hideous when thou show'st thee in a child
Than t...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Odin, thou whirlwind, what a threat is this
Thou threatenest what transcends thy might, even thine...
MATTHEW ARNOLD Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
BIBLE Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety."
Antony and Cleopatra (II.ii) ~Wi...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness. And in the taste destroys the appetite. Th...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; ...
CHANAKYA Lo, thou, my Love, art fair;
Myself have made thee so;
Yea, thou art fair indeed,
Whe...
WILLIAM BALDWIN Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, thos...
JOHN DONNE Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so, For those...
JOHN DONNE Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
BIBLE I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
BIBLE Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil ...
TACITUS Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil ...
PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS Methink'st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
BIBLE Hold thou her sinless who has sinned for thee
SENECA Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I send thee myrrh, not that thou mayest be by it perfumed, but it perfumed by thee
GREEK PROVERB For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring fr...
BIBLE Because thou writest me often, I thank thee ... Never do I receive a letter from thee, but immediate...
SENECA Hail, guest, we ask not what thou art;
If friend, we greet thee, hand and heart;
If stranger, ...
PAUL ELMER MORE Thou hast wounded the spirit that loved thee
And cherish'd thine image for years;
Thou hast ta...
MRS. DAVID PORTER They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what d...
BIBLE O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, h...
BIBLE These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: / But if I tarry long, that thou m...
BIBLE Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my tr...
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