“ Be not ashamed of thy virtues; honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times. ”
- Ben Jonson- Copy
- 182
“ Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy; But not expressed in fancy - rich, not gaudy. For the apparel oft proclaims the man. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 973
“ Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults. ”
- Socrates- Copy
- 2.2K
“ Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. ”
- John Henry Cardinal Newman- Copy
- 922
“ Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue. ”
- John Dryden- Copy
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“ Give not over thy soul to sorrow; and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Gladness of heart is the life of man and the joyfulness of man is length of days. ”
- Ecclesiastes- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws. ”
- Sir Richard Francis Burton- Copy
- 707
“ Be not extravagantly high in expression of thy commendations of men thou likest, it may make the hearer's stomach rise. ”
- Thomas Fuller- Copy
- 2.7K
“ Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone. ”
- The Dhammapada- Copy
- 2.5K
“ Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof. ”
- Thomas Fuller- Copy
- 374
“ Do the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will already have become clearer. ”
- Thomas Carlyle- Copy
- 186
“ 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. ”
- Thomas Fuller- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them. ”
- Thomas Fuller- Copy
- 1.6K
“ If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee. He that thinks he can never speak enough, may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted. ”
- Francis Quarles- Copy
- 1.2K
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