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Last updated on April 20, 2025.
To maintain an opinion because it is thine, and not because it is true, is to prefer thyself above the truth.
Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity.
Be NOBLE! and the nobleness that liesIn other men, sleeping, but never dead,Will rise in majesty to meet thine own.
If thou engrossest all the griefs are thine, Thou robb'st me of a moiety.
Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north - wind's breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!
And thou art terrible--the tear,
The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier;
And all we know, or dream, or fear
Of agony, are thine.
O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature!
When summoned hence to thine eternal sleep, Oh, may'st thou smile while all around thee weep.
Awake thee, my Lady-Love! Wake thee, and rise! The sun through the bower peeps Into thine eyes.
Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears; Are they wet Even yet With the thought of other years?
Be not under the dominion of thine own will; it is the vice of the ignorant, who vainly presume on their own understanding.
Think for thyself one good idea, but known to be thine own, is better than a thousand gleaned from fields by others sown.
O Risen Christ! O Easter Flower!
How dear Thy Grace has grown!
From east to west, with loving power,
Make all the world Thine own.
Try in thine own experience, each; that he speak not for one whole day unkindly of any... and see what such a day would bring to you.
Draw, if thou canst, the mystic line,
Severing rightly his from thine,
Which is human, which divine.
Two sources of success are known: wisdom and effort; make them both thine own, if thou wouldst haply rise.
Go in thy native innocence, rely On what thou hast of virtue, summon all, For God towards thee hath done his part, do thine.
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
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.
Admiration from my readers inspire me, and the only 'formula' I believe in towards making a good writer is: 'to thine own self be true!'
My heart, my heart, be whole and free: Love is thine only enemy.
Thy way, not mine, O Lord, however dark it be; lead me by thine own hand; choose out the path for me.
- Be thou not technical with me,/Or else thine input valve may swift receive/a hearty helping of my golden foot.
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
Come boldly, 'O believer, for despite the whisperings of Satan and the doubtings of thine own heart, thou art greatly beloved.
Thou shalt not steal the shekels of thine audience with a play which doth not let them know what the hell goeth on.
And to thy husband's will
Thine shall submit; he over thee shall rule.
O Son of Spirit! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.
Life is too short to waste . . . 'Twill soon be dark; Up! mind thine own aim, and God speed the mark!
It's easy to be drowned out by the crowd, but to thine own self be true, say I, no matter what everybody says, no matter what the popular vibe is.
I prithee send me back my heart, Since I cannot have thine; For if from yours you will not part, Why, then, shouldst thou have mine?
An easy thing, O Power Divine, To thank thee for these gifts of Thine, For summer's sunshine, winter's snow, For hearts that kindle thoughts that glow.
Oh! faint delicious spring-time violet, Thine odor like a key, Turns noiselessly in memory's wards to let A thought of sorrow free.
O marriage! marriage! what a curse is thine, Where hands alone consent and hearts abhor.
Love all. Trust a few. Do wrong to none. This above all: to thine own self be true. No legacy is so rich as honesty. Brevity is the soul of wit
The Root of All Rebellion: It is because we are not near enough to Thee to partake of thy liberty that we want a liberty of our own different from thine.
Yes, Heaven is thine; but this Is a world of sweets and sours; Our flowers are merely?flowers.
When among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet.
Thy face is mine eye, and mine is thine.
If thou wouldst marry wisely, marry thine equal.
Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?
I throw a kiss across the sea, I drink the winds as drinking wine, And dream they all are blown from thee, I catch the whisper'd kiss of thine.
To have a faith, therefore, or a trust in anything, where God hath not promised, is plain idolatry, and a worshipping of thine own imagination instead of God.
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.
Yea, when mortality dissolves, Shall I not meet thine hour unawed? My house eternal in the heavens Is lighted by the smile of God!
Yet, should thy darkest fears be true, If Heaven be so severe, That such a soul as thine is lost, Oh! how shall I appear?
Say unto thine own heart, 'I am mine own redeemer.
My brain is dull, my sight is foul,
I cannot write a verse, or read--
Then, Pallas, take away thine Owl,
And let us have a lark instead.
When'er into thine eyes I see,
All pain and sorrow fly from me.
[Ger., Wenn ich in deine Augen sch'
So schwindet all' mein Leid und Weh.]
Thine eyes are springs in whose serene And silent waters heaven is seen. Their lashes are the herbs that look On their young figures in the brook.
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.
Do not work self into a state of over-anxiety at the changes that will be found, or attempt to use up the strength and vitality ... Forget not the sources of thine inspiration.
Time be thine,
And thy best graces spend it at thy will.
Thine to work as well as pray, Clearing thorny wrongs away; Plucking up the weeds of sin, Letting heaven's warm sunshine in.
By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
I'll take thy word for faith, not ask thine oath; Who shuns not to break one will sure crack both.
Egeria! sweet creation of some heart Which found no mortal resting-place so fair As thine ideal breast.
Teach us, Master, how to give
All we have and are to Thee;
Grant us, Saviour, while we live,
Wholly, only Thine to be.
I cried for madder music and for stronger wine,
But when the feast is finished and the lamps expire,
Then falls thy shadow, Cynara! the night is thine.
Be sure, either that thou art stronger than thine enemy, or that thou hast a swifter pair of heels.
