Thee Quotations | Page 3

And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.

Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee.

Lust-bred diseases rot thee.

O Lord, I do most cheerfully commit all unto Thee.

Eternity forbids thee to forget.

Yet I did love thee to the last, As ferverently as thou, Who didst not change through all the past, And canst not alter now.

And Doubt and Discord step 'twixt thine and thee.

Take the goods the gods provide thee.

If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?

If thy friends tire of thee, remember that it is human to tire of everything.

I could wish there were a God, if it were only to ask him to bless thee.

Fare thee well my nightingale, I lived but to be near you. Thow you are singing somewhere still I can no longer hear you.

Abide with me from morn to eve, / For without Thee I cannot live: / Abide with me when night is nigh. / For without Thee I dare not die.

Oh what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, Alone and palely loitering?

Speak no evil of women; I tell thee the meanest of them deserves respect; for of women do we not all come?

If thou be not busy for thyself now, who shall be busy for thee in time to come?

Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness in the mysteries of God.

Thou shalt rest sweetly if thy heart condemn thee not.

Let nothing disturb thee, Let nothing affright thee; All passeth away: God only shall stay. Patience wins all: Who hath God, needeth nothing; For God is his All.

Always be thou prepared, and so live that death may never find thee unprepared.

God deceiveth thee not.

Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.

'T is sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside,-Jessy!

Bid me to live, and I will liveThy Protestant to be,Or bid me love, and I will giveA loving heart to thee.

My soul I'll pour into thee.

I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not Honor more.

Do what thy manhood bids thee do.

A pillow for thee will I bring,Stuffed with down of angel's wing.

The straight roads are the roads of progress, the crooked roads are thee roads of genius.

Thus in this sad, but oh, too pleasing state! my soul can fix upon nothing but thee; thee it contemplates, admires, adores, nay depends on, trusts on you alone.

My hope, my heaven, my trust must be, My gentle guide, in following thee.

Freedom is best, I tell thee true, of all things to be won.

Best they honor thee Who honor in thee only what is best.

Tremble, thou wretch, That hast within thee undivulged crimes Unwhipped of justice.

Be as just and gracious unto me, As I am confident and kind to thee.

Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.

So well thy words become thee as thy wounds;

Love hath made thee a tame snake

Such is my love, to thee I so belong, That for thy right myself will bear all wrong.

I love thee, and it is my love that speaks

I love thee; none but thee, and thou deservest it

What made me love thee? let that persuade thee, there's something extraordinary in thee

But thy eternal summer shall not fade.

Make no enemies; he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm.

If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?

For none can express thee, though all should approve thee. I love thee so, Dear, that I only can love thee.

Behold me! I am worthy Of thy loving, for I love thee!

Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.

Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.

Let thy vices die before thee.

Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.

May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore,/ The parting word shall pass my lips no more!

O dearest, dearest boy! my heartFor better lore would seldom yearn,Could I but teach the hundredth partOf what from thee I learn.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word or lose thy self-respect.

I crown thee king of intimate delights,Fire-side enjoyments, home-born happiness.

If a friend tell thee a fault, imagine always that he telleth thee not the whole

I go, and it is done; the bell invites me.Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knellThat summons thee to heaven or to hell.

If thou remember'st not the slightest folly that ever love did make thee run into, thou hast not loved.

Whatever may befall thee, it was preordained for thee from everlasting

What! Wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?

Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks and wreathed Smiles

Keep thou from the Opportunity, and God will keep thee from the Sin.

IT is good to love God for hope of reward, but it is better to love God for loves sake; and the prayer goes: O Lord, I do not want wealth nor children nor learning. If it be Thy will, I shall go from birth to birth. But grant me this, that I may love thee without the hope of reward - love unselfishly for loves sake.

Rest lightly on her earth, for she trod never heavily on thee

Remember if you marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance, will neither last nor please thee one year: and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all.

Suffer love! A good ephitet! I do suffer love indeed, for I love thee against my will.

Before, I loved thee as a brother, John, But now, I do respect thee as my soul.

Fare thee well, king: sith thus thou wilt appear, Freedom lives hence, and banishment is here.

I charge thee, hence, and do not haunt me thus.

It were a grief so brief to part with thee. Farewell.

Age, I do abhor thee, youth, I do adore thee.

... And death unloads thee.

Live in thy shame, but die not shame with thee!

There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee.

There's no more faith in thee than in a stewed prune.

Though care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care

Get thee to a nunnery.

Sweet Beatrice, wouldst thou come when I called thee? BEATRICE Yea, signior, and depart when you bid me. BENEDICK O, stay but till then! BEATRICE 'Then' is spoken; fare you well now... (Much Ado About Nothing)

Without Thee what is all the morning's wealth?Come, blessed barrier between day and day,Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health!

Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.

Down, down to hell; and say I sent thee thither.

Tell me with whom thou art found, and I will tell thee who thou art

Promises may get thee Friends, but Nonperformance will turn them into Enemies.

Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

Although it's a long time on the road, it is on the road and coming. I tell thee it never retreats, and never stops.

I traveled among unknown men, In lands beyond the sea: Nor England! Did I know till then What love I bore to thee

Oh that those lips had language! Life has passed With me but roughly since I heard thee last

I kissed thee ere I killed thee -- no way but this,Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.

In all thy humors, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, hast so much wit and mirth and spleen about thee, there is no living with thee, nor without thee

I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears of all my life.