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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	added by anonymous 13 years ago
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	added by anonymous 13 years ago
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	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Accuse not nature, she hath done her partDo thou but thine, and be not diffidentOf wisdom, she deserts thee not, if thouDismiss not her, when most thou needest her nigh,By attributing overmuch to thingsLess excellent, as thou thyself perceivest. – John Milton	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Behold, the fool saith, Put not all thine eggs in the one basket, -- which is but a manner of saying, Scatter your money and your attention, but the wise man saith, Put all your eggs in the one basket and -- watch that basket. – Mark Twain	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Invite the man that loves thee to a feast, but let alone thine enemy. – Hesiod	added by anonymous 14 years ago
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	added by anonymous 14 years ago
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	added by anonymous 14 years ago
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 Johnson	added by anonymous 14 years ago
This above all to thine own self be true. – William Shakespeare	added by anonymous 14 years ago
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	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice take each man's censure but reserve thy judgement. – William Shakespeare	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge of thine own cause. – William Shakespeare	added by anonymous 14 years ago
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	added by anonymous 14 years ago
'Let thine occupations be few,' saith the sage, 'if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.' – Marcus Aurelius Antoninus	added by anonymous 14 years ago
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat. – Book of Proverbs	added by anonymous 14 years ago
My son, give me thine heart... – Book of Proverbs	added by anonymous 14 years ago
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	added by anonymous 14 years ago
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	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall - but don't rush to pick him up either. – Jewish Proverb	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.. – Turkish Proverb	added by anonymous 14 years ago
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	added by anonymous 14 years ago
To get thine ends, lay bashfulness aside Who fears to ask, doth teach to be deny'd. – Thomas Herrick	added by anonymous 14 years ago
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	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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