T Quotes
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“They that are booted are not alwaies ready.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“They that are discontented under monarchy, call it tyranny; and they that are displeased with aristocracy, call it oligarchy: so also, they which find themselves grieved under a democracy, call it anarchy, which signifies the want of government; and yet I think no man believes, that want of government, is any new kind of government.”
“They that are fated to be fools, have one consolation, that they are fated also to be ignorant of it.”
“They that are loudest in their threats are the weakest in the execution of them. It is probable that he who is killed by lightning hears no noise; but the thunder-clap which follows, and which most alarms the ignorant, is the surest proof of their safety.”
“They that are virtuous from principle may receive confidence in every capacity; but they that are so from custom or habit, are capable of trust only in matters of ordinary and settled occurrence.”
“They that be born in the strength of youth are of one fashion, and they that are born in the time of age, when the womb fail, are otherwise.”
“They that believe that ignorance is bliss, are ignorant and have never known bliss.”
“They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
Source: An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania: From Its Origin, So Far as Regards the Several Points of Controversy, which Have, from Time to Time, Arisen Between the Several Governors of that Province, and Their Several Assemblies : Founded on Authentic Documents
“They that censure, should practice. Or else let them have the first stone, and the last too.”
Source: Fruits of Solitude, in Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life
“They that crouch to those who are above them, always trample on those who are below them.”
“They that die by famine die by inches.”
“They that do much themselves deny,
Receive more blessings from the sky.”
Source: The Odes: Satires, and Epistles of Horace. Done Into English by Mr. Creech
“They that endeavour to abolish vice destroy also virtue, for contraries, though they destroy one another, are yet the life of one another.”
Source: Miscellaneous Works of Sir Thomas Browne: With Some Account of the Author and His Writings
“They that examine into the Nature of Man, abstract from Art and Education, may observe, that what renders him a Sociable Animal, consists not in his desire of Company, Good-nature, Pity, Affability, and other Graces of a fair Outside; but that his vilest and most hateful Qualities are the most necessary Accomplishments to fit him for the largest, and, according to the World, the happiest and most flourishing Societies.”
Source: The Fable of the Bees
“they that fail to recognize, take and and learn the lessons of discomfort well, meet the comforts of life and still live in discomfort”
“They that go down to the sea in ships' see strange things, but what they tell is oft-times stranger still. A faculty for romancing is imparted by a seafaring life as readily and surely as a rolling gait and a weather-beaten countenance. A fine imagination is one of the gifts of the ocean-witness the surprising and unlimited power of expression and epithet possessed by the sailor. And a fine imagination will frequently manifest itself in other ways besides swear words.”
“They that have grown old in a single state are generally found to be morose, fretful and captious; tenacious of their own practices and maxims; soon offended by contradiction or negligence; and impatient of any association but with those that will watch their nod, and submit themselves to unlimited authority.”
Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752
“They that have lived a single day have lived an age.”
“They that have their eyes fixed on Heaven do not just do things that shall be remembered here on earth, but they also do things that touch the heart of Heaven such that when they get to Heaven, they are remembered for the things they did on earth for Heaven's sake!”
“They that have voice of lions and act of hares,--are they not monsters?”
“They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed to rich men that are unthankful to God).”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“They that know God will be humble. They that know themselves cannot be proud.”
Source: The Method of Grace: How the Holy Spirit Works
“They that know one another salute a farre off.”
Source: The works of George Herbert
“They that know their God shall not be disappointed. They will stand the test of time.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“They that love beyond the world
cannot be separated by it.
Death cannot kill what never dies.”
Source: Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims
“They that make laws must not break them.”
Source: A Hand-book of Proverbs: Comprising an Entire Republication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages : and an Alphabetical Index, in which are Introduced Large Additions, as Well of Proverbs as of Sayings, Sentences, Maxims, and Phrases
“They that Marry for Money cannot have the true Satisfaction of Marriage; the requisite Means being wanting.”
Source: Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims
“They that never peeped beyond the common belief in which their easy understandings were at first indoctrinated are strongly assured of the truth of their receptions.”
“They that possess the prince possess the laws.”
“They that pray in the family do well; they that pray and read the Scriptures do better; but they that pray, and read, and sing do best of all.”
“They that pursue their dreams unrelentingly with tenacity and the right attitude never continue to live with dreams forever. They live their dreams and realize their aspirations.”
“They that reverence to much old times are but a scorn to the new.”
“They that see how they can rise beyond the horizon never exert their total energy on things that are breathtaking on the ground! They think, they act and they see what we all see differently. Though their bodies live on the ground, their mind, spirit and energy journey purposefully towards higher heights each moment of time. They understand doing the small things that can result in great things and they reason from the ignorance, absurdity and the heralds of ordinariness of the masses. They know and understand the real reasons why they must dare, relax and ponder in patience, and also take steps with fortitude and tenacity for a noble accomplishment so as to leave great, distinctive and indelible footprints regardless of the hurdles they might face.”
“They that soar too high, often fall hard.”
Source: A Collection of the Works of William Penn: To which is Prefixed a Journal of His Life, with Many Original Letters and Papers Not Before Published
“They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.”
“They that touch pitch will be defiled.”
Source: The Works of William Shakespeare: Much ado about nothing. Love's labour's lost. 1855
“They that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
Source: Even When Life Doesn't Play Nice: One Child's Journey from Unfavorable Beginnings a Memoir
“They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, shall be healed, delivered and set free. Be set free, in the name of Jesus Christ!”
“They that weep in the rain shade no tears.”
“They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil.”
“They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.”
“They [the church] wanted us to give food out to malnourished mothers and children, but they didn't want us to question why we were malnourished to begin with. They wanted us to grow vegetables on the tiny plots around our houses, but they didn't want us to question why we didn't have enough land to feed ourselves. [p. 16]”
Source: Don't Be Afraid, Gringo
“They [the Communists] have no interests separate and apart from those of the proletariat as a whole.”
Source: The Communist Manifesto
“They (the French) have taken genius instead of reason for their guide, adopted experiment instead of experience, and wander in the dark because they prefer lightning to light.”
“They the hazers or eversores were rightly called Overturners, since they had themselves been first overturned and perverted, tricked by those same devils who were secretly mocking them in the very acts by which they amused themselves in mocking and making fools of others.”
“They—the humans, that is—seem to think that what sets them apart from other animals is their ability to love, grieve, feel guilt, think abstractly, et cetera. They are misguided. What sets them apart is their talent for masochism. Therein lies their power. To take pleasure in pain, to derive strength from deprivation, is to be human.”
Source: Only the Animals
“They (the media) found little quality of depth to him, that when she said on the platform with that which he said to them in private. The qualities of introspection and reflectiveness that they particularly treasured were missing.”
Source: The Powers That Be
“They the royal-hearted women are
Who nobly love the noblest, yet have grace
For needy suffering lives in lowliest place,
Carrying a choicer sunlight in their smile,
The heavenliest ray that pitieth the vile.”
Source: Theophrastus Such, Jubal and other poems and The Spanish gypsy
“They [ the victims ] hold on to the pain, but eventually they die and the pain dies with them. And the rest of us build memorials and monuments and hope maybe someone else understands what they mean even if they will never fully feel why they matter.”
Source: 2 Nelson DeMille Books! 1) Blood Lines 2) The Maze
“They themselves mocked Africa, trading stories of absurdity, of stupidity, and they felt safe to mock, because it was a mockery born of longing, and of the heartbroken desire to see a place made whole again.”
Source: Americanah