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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	added by ValidVibes 3 years ago
Water—the mighty, the pure, the beautiful, the unfathomable—where is thy element so glorious as it is in thine own domain, the deep seas ? What an infinity of power is in the far Atlantic, the boundary of two separate worlds, apart like those of memory and of hope ! or in the bright Pacific, whose tides are turned to gold by a southern sun, and in whose bosom sleep a thousand isles, each covered with the verdure, the flowers, and the fruit of Eden ! But, amid all thy hereditary kingdoms, to which hast thou given beauty, as a birthright, lavishly as thou hast to thy favourite Mediterranean ? The silence of a summer night is now sleeping on its bosom, where the bright stars are mirrored, as if in its depths they had another home and another heaven. A spirit, cleaving air midway between the two, might have paused to ask which was sea, and which was sky. The shadows of earth and earthly things, resting omen-like upon the waters, alone shewed which was the home and which the mirror of the celestial host. – Letitia Elizabeth Landon	added by Madeleine Quinn 7 years ago
I wrote my name upon the sand; I thought I wrote it on thine heart. – Letitia Elizabeth Landon	added by Madeleine Quinn 7 years ago
By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in thy chest; for 'Tis thine own: And tumble up and down what thou findst there. Who cannot rest till he good fellows find, he breaks up house, turns out of doors his mind. – George Herbert	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Freedom of speech is useless without freedom of thought. And I fear that the politics of protest is shutting out the process of thought, so necessary to rational discussion. We are faced with the Ten Commandments of Protest:Thou Shalt Not Allow Thy Opponent to Speak. Thou Shalt Not Set Forth a Program of Thine Own. Thou Shalt Not Trust Anybody Over Thirty. Thou Shalt Not Honor Thy Father or Thy Mother. Thou Shalt Not Heed the Lessons of History. Thou Shalt Not Write Anything Longer than a Slogan. Thou Shalt Not Present a Negotiable Demand. Thou Shalt Not Accept Any Establishment Idea. Thou Shalt Not Revere Any but Totalitarian Heroes. Thou Shalt Not Ask Forgiveness for Thy Transgressions, Rather Thou Shalt Demand Amnesty for Them. – Spiro Agnew	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend. – Akhenaten	added by anonymous 10 years ago
What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine. – Plautus	added by anonymous 10 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, and with a manly heart. – Longfellow	added by anonymous 12 years ago
Two sources of success are known: wisdom and effort; make them both thine own, if thou wouldst haply rise. – Magha	added by anonymous 12 years ago
Depend not on another, rather lean Upon thyself; trust to thine own exertions: Subjection to another?s will gives pain; True happiness consists in self-reliance. – Manu	added by anonymous 12 years ago
To-day is thine to spend, but not to-morrow; Counting on morrows breedeth bankrupt sorrow: O squander not this breath that Heaven hath lent thee; Make not too sure another breath to borrow. – Omar Khayyam	added by anonymous 12 years ago
If thou art a man, speak not much about thine own manliness, for not every champion driveth the ball to the goal. – Saadi Shirazi	added by anonymous 12 years ago
Dost thou desire that thine own heart should not suffer, redeem thou the sufferer from the bonds of misery. – Saadi Shirazi	added by anonymous 12 years ago
In no wise ask about the faults of others, for he who reporteth the faults of others will report thine also. – Firdausi	added by anonymous 12 years ago
And thou shalt smite thine enemy even unto the wall, gnashing thy teeth, and he shall grow small in thy mirrors. – Jeff Zurschmeide	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The fringed curtains of thine eye advance. – William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2	added by anonymous 13 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, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 3	added by anonymous 13 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 13 years ago
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. – Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene 3	added by anonymous 13 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, Hamlet	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Go to the ant, thou sluggard, learn to live, and by her busy ways, reform thine own. – Smart	added by anonymous 13 years ago
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	added by anonymous 13 years ago
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. – Barbara Paley	added by anonymous 13 years ago
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	added by anonymous 13 years ago

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