Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy passions and affections.
Dr. Thomas Fuller
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This above all: 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
Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge of thine own cause.
William Shakespeare
Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: 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
To thine own self be true -; And it must follow as the night the day; Thou canst not be false to any man.
William Shakespeare
Love looks not with thine eyes, but with thine mind, Therefore is win'd Cupid painted blind.
William Shakespeare
The fringed curtains of thine eye advance.
William Shakespeare
Do thou snatch treasures from my lips, and I'll take kingdoms back from thine.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
John Donne
Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others for thou has many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou are not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?
Thomas a Kempis
Take special care that thou never trust any friend or servant with any matter that may endanger thine estate; for so shalt thou make thyself a bond-slave to him that thou trustest, and leave thyself always to his mercy.
Walter Raleigh, Sr.
If thou desire to purchase honor with thy wealth, consider first how that wealth became thine; if thy labor got it, let thy wisdom keep it; if oppression found it, let repentance restore it; if thy parent left it, let thy virtues deserve it; so shall thy honor be safer, better and cheaper.
Francis Quarles
FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. The Maker, at Creation's birth, With living things had stocked the earth. From elephants to bats and snails, They all were good, for all were males. But when the Devil came and saw He said: 'By Thine eternal law Of growth, maturity, decay, These all must quickly pass away And leave untenanted the earth.
Ambrose Bierce
From every latent foe, From the assassins blow, God save the King (Queen)! O'er her thine arm extend, For Britain's sake defend, Our mother, prince, and friend, God save the King (Queen)! God save our gracious king! - Long live our noble king! - God.
Henry Carey
Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.
Ben Jonson
Help thy brother's boat across, and lo! thine own has reached the shore.
Hindu Proverb
Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine.
Benjamin Johnson
Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company is the way to grow worse.
Francis Quarles
Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.
Sir Richard Francis Burton
Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. In is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and a manly heart.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall - but don't rush to pick him up either.
Jewish Proverb
To get thine ends, lay bashfulness aside; Who fears to ask, doth teach to be deny'd.
Robert Herrick
Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It was Thy day, sweet! and did rise / Not from the East, but from Thine eyes.
Richard Crashaw
Gimme, thine, merci.
Abdu'l Baha
To Thine Own Self Be True.
Reba Mcentire
Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.
Sir William Drummond
If thou wilt ease thine heart / Of love and all its smart, / Then sleep, dear, sleep.
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
HOPE, n. Desire and expectation rolled into one. Delicious Hope! when naught to man it left -- Of fortune destitute, of friends bereft; When even his dog deserts him, and his goat With tranquil disaffection chews his coat While yet it hangs upon his back; then thou, The star far-flaming on thine angel brow, Descendest, radiant, from the skies to hint Th.
Ambrose Bierce
No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.
John Donne
Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine were taken away.
Anaxagoras
Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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