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'Tis no extravagant arithmetic to say, that for every ten jokes, thou hast got an hundred enemies; and till thou hast gone on, and raised a swarm of wasps about thine ears, and art half stung to death by them, thou wilt never be convinced it is so.
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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.
Conversations of Ben Jonson with William Drummond of Hawthornden -
Fond archer, Hope! who tak'st thy aim so far,
That still or short, or wide thine arrows are!Against Hope. -
Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life.
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In all things preserve integrity; and the consciousness of thine own uprightness will alleviate the toil of business, soften the hardness of ill-success and disappointments, and give thee an humble confidence before God, when the ingratitude of man, or the iniquity of the times may rob thee of other rewards.
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Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.
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It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another, even though efficiently. It is better to die doing one's own duty, for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger.
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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.
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Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.
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Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away.
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My heart, my heart, be whole and free: Love is thine only enemy.
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Nothing can throw thee into the infernal abyss so much as this detested word - heed well! - this mine and thine.
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Nothing in the world is single. All things by al law divine in one another's being mingle. Why not I with thine?
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Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be thine.
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The most revolutionary statement in history is: love thine enemy.
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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.
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To be a Sufi is to cease from taking trouble; and there is no greater trouble for thee than thine own self, for when thou art occupied with thyself, thou remainest away from God.
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To thine own self be true; and it must follow, as the night the day: thou canst not then be false to any man.
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We spent them not in toys, in lusts, or wine,
But search of deep philosophy,
Wit, eloquence, and poetry;
Arts which I lov'd, for they, my friend, were thine.On the Death of Mr. William Harvey; reported in Bartletts Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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