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Thou art God.


Robert A. Heinlein

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DANIEL ROBERT O'NEILL Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou a...
WILLIAM DRUMMOND Thou truly art in jest. Art thou not small/Of stature, if thou art a stormtrooper?

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IAN DOESCHER In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it, thou art a fool.
RABBI BEN AZAI In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
PHILIP STANHOPE, 4TH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy all-powerful influence?
UNKNOWN Thou seest, thou wicked varlet, now, what’s come upon thee: thou art to continue, now, thou varlet...
LORNA SAGE When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression...
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ANGELUS SILESIUS Thou art my single day, God lends to leaven What were all earth else, with a feel of heaven.
ROBERT BROWNING Thou art thine art
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SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof t...
ST. AUGUSTINE Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739 Whoso goes seeking God...
MEISTER ECKHART O God, Thou art a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in Thy being, wisdom, power, holiness,...
GEORGE GILLESPIE Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou...
FRANCIS QUARLES Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR If thou canst walk on water, thou art no better than a straw. If thou canst fly in the air, thou art...
ANSARI Thou art God'. It's not a message of cheer and hope. It's a defiance - and an unafraid, unabashed as...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the Escuriall.
GEORGE HERBERT I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as ...
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ROBERT J. HANLON There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
PIERRE DOS UTT How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath
To say to me that thou art out of breath?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Thou art not dead! Thou art the whole Of life that quickens in the sod.
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SIR WALTER SCOTT Thou art a very ragged Wart.
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HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Where 'er thou art be thou (w)holy there.
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ROBERT J. SAWYER That thou seest, man, become too thou must; God, if thou seest God, dust, if thou seest dust.
BROTHER ANGELUS That thou seest, man, become too thou must; God, if thou seest God, dust, if thou seest dust.
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ABU SA'ID London, thou art the flower of cities all!
WILLIAM DUNBAR Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. Take thou what course thou wilt.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Women should be obscene and not heard.
PAUL MEREDITH POTTER . . . for thou art a stiff-necked people. . .
BIBLE Oh gravity, thou art a heartless bitch.
JIM PARSONS Thou art to me a delicious torment.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
BIBLE for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return
PHILIP PULLMAN THOU ART NO THOR!
MARK MILLAR When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. God is more there than thou: for thou art there ...
GEORGE HERBERT Rome, Rome, thou art no more As thou hast been! On thy seven hills of yore Thou sat'st a...
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MATTHEW ARNOLD Laugh, if thou art wise.
MARTIAL Resolve and thou art free.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Resolve, and thou art free.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
BIBLE There is not room for Death, / Nor atom that his might could render void: / Thou - Thou art Being an...
EMILY BRONTE Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bis...
ST. AUGUSTINE Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world.
MUHAMMAD IQBAL Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude: Thy tooth is ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Blow, blow thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude; Thy tooth is not so keen, ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for t...
BIBLE Tekel: Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
BIBLE Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves eyes within thy locks: thy ha...
BIBLE Blow, blow, thou winter wind! Thou art not so unkind as Man's ingratitude.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Blow, blow, thou winter wind, thou art not so unkind as man's ingratitude.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Thou art my glory and the exultation of y heart: thou art my hope and refuge in the day of my troubl...
THOMAS KEMPIS Where thou art, that is home.
EMILY DICKINSON Thou art the Mars of malcontents.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Whither art thou rushing to destruction?
UNKNOWN O woman, thou art my imperfection!
PAWAN MISHRA What art thou Faustus, but a man condemned to die?
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE I first read Heinlein when I was very young.
PAMELA DEAN Thou art a cat, and rat, and a coward to boot.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal...
BIBLE Thou art all ice. Thy kindness freezes.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Art thou the King of the Jews?
PONTIUS PILATE Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind,
As man's ingratitude.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant
MUSLIH-UDDIN SADI If thou rise with an Appetite, thou art sure never to sit down without one.
WILLIAM PENN Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose...
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CHARLES WESLEY Thou can'st not die. Here thou art more than safe Where every book is thy epitaph.
HENRY VAUGHAN ("THE SILURIST") If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?
THOMAS À KEMPIS Mist to mist, drops to drops. For water thou art, and unto water shalt thou return.
KAMAND KOJOURI Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing.
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ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Take big bites. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen. Homo sapiens is the only animal ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I came, I saw, she conquered."
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ROBERT A. HEINLEIN If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Live and learn, or you don't live long.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Be wary of strong drink, it can make you shoot at the tax collector...and miss.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodn...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN There is no such thing as "Just a cat.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none;...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Find out what you want to do, then do it. Never talk yourself into doing something you don’t want....
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Television leaves no external scars.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Some people insist that ‘mediocre’ is better than ‘best.’ They delight in clipping wings bec...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Dress yourself in heavy fishing waders, put on an overcoat and boxing gloves and a bucket over your ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Library science was the foundation of all sciences.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN You can't believe what a lovely planet we have until you see her from outside.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The Mother Thing makes our world.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Everybody else specializes. Daddy knows everything, and he puts the pieces together.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN More depended on the student than on the school.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Mother had the social restraint of an ambassador.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I needed a space suit the way a pig needs a pipe organ.
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