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Thy sins and hairs may no man equal call,
for as thy sins increase, thy hairs do fall.


John Donne

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And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
BIBLE I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me;...
BIBLE Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
BIBLE Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in,
Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. <...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Grant that I may radiate Thy Light, Thy Love,
Thy Healing, Thy Joy, and Thy Peace
to all t...
JONATHAN LOCKWOOD HUIE Slogans are mere wordsuck...
GABRIEL THY Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
BIBLE As thy days, so shall thy strength be which, in modern language, may be translated as thy thoughts s...
EMMET FOX Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occup...
BIBLE That I may apprehend thee as light lightening every creature and everything, every moment; that I ma...
ERIC MILNER-WHITE Happy be Thy world
The world forgetting by the forgotten world;
The failed attempts to re...
RANJANI RAMACHANDRAN There are three lessons I would write-
Three words, as with a burning pen,
In tracings of...
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER How shall polluted mortals dare
To sing Thy glory or Thy grace
Beneath Thy feet we lie ...
ISAAC WATTS So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
BIBLE Annunciation

Salvation to all that will is nigh;
That All, which always is all every...
JOHN DONNE From near thy vicinity, from near thy distance (do I call), remain here, do not follow; do not follo...
ATHARVA VEDA May it preserve thee from sorcery, from thy equals and thy kin! Undying be, immortal, exceedingly vi...
ATHARVA VEDA All glory to Adonai!
Great is thy love.
Great is thy mercy.
Great is thy faithfulnes...
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA And these few precepts in thy memory
Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Art thou a man? thy form cries out thou art:
Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote
...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Let thy discontents be thy secrets; if the world knows them 'twill despise thee and increase them
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Bloody thou art, bloody will be thy end;
Shame serves thy life and doth thy death attend.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE But first on earth as vampire sent
Thy corpse shall from its tomb be rent
Then gastly haun...
GEORGE GORDON BYRON Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see.
WILLIAM WYCHERLEY Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine;
Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine!
ALEXANDER POPE I will live in thy heart, die in thy lap, and be buried in thy
eyes—and moreover, I will go w...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored; dies before thy uncreating word: thy hand, great Anarch! l...
ALEXANDER POPE Sweet bird! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, ...
JOHN LOGAN Speak to me as to thy thinkings,
As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts
The w...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten...
FRANCIS QUARLES Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten...
FRANCIS QUARLES Tell nothing to thy friend which thy enemy may not know
DANISH PROVERB O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Such as thy words are, such will thine affections be esteemed; and such as thine affections, will be...
SOCRATES Thy shoes shall be of iron and brass: and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
BIBLE And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take aw...
BIBLE Lord of thy presence and no land beside. -King John. Act i. Sc. 1.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: / So shall thy b...
BIBLE Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy...
BIBLE In Springtime, O Dionysos,
To thy holy temple come,
To Elis with thy Graces,
Rushing ...
PLUTARCH Though desolateThe way may seem, command thy fate.Send forth thy thought -Create--CREATE!
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, but not expressed in fancy; rich not gaudy; for the apparel o...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, but not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; for the apparel ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, / But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; / For the appa...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Be mild, and cleave to gentle things,
thy glory and thy happiness be there.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, / No winter in thy year.
JOHN LOGAN If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or th...
BIBLE On action alone be thy interest,
Never on its fruits.
Let not the fruits of action be thy moti...
BHAGAVAD GITA But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
BIBLE Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
BIBLE Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
BIBLE Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He, who can call to-day his own:
He who, secure within, c...
JOHN DRYDEN Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
GEORGE HERBERT O my love, my wife!
Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath
Hath had no power yet ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Costly thy habit [dress] as thy purse can buy; But not expressed in fancy - rich, not gaudy. For the...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I ...
BIBLE Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
BIBLE Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the fi...
BIBLE Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew, Thou mak'st thy knife keen; but no metal can-- No...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If thy meditation tends to fill thy note-book with notions, and good sayings, concerning God, and no...
RICHARD BAXTER He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou ...
BIBLE I prithee take the cork out of thy mouth, that I may drink thy tidings.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Not so on Man; him through their malice fall'n,
Father of Mercy and Grace, thou didst not doom<...
JOHN MILTON And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break ...
BIBLE LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
BIBLE Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN In a storm, I think, 'What if the gospel be not true? Then thou art, of all men, most foolish. F...
JOHN WESLEY I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation...
BIBLE Call home thy ancient thoughts from banishment.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use;...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Whatever thy hand findest to do, do it with all thy heart. -Jesus Christ.
JESUS CHRIST Peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment;
JOSEPH SMITH JR. Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
GEORGE HERBERT Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought aga...
BIBLE Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.
MARCUS AURELIUS "Wind to thy wings. Light to thy path. Dreams to thy heart.
OLASOT Cudgel thy brains no more about it.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A creed is a rod,/ And a crown is of night:/ But this thing is God:/ To be man with thy might,/ To g...
ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE So far be distant; and good night, sweet friend.
Thy love ne’er alter till thy sweet life end...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Give every man your ear, but few thy voice. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Give every man your ear, but few thy voice. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For where thy treasure is, there also will thy heart be.
ANONYMOUS Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
BIBLE Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
BIBLE Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
BIBLE Thy deathbed is no lesser than thy land, Wherein thou liest in reputation sick; And thou, too ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants r...
BIBLE Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Thy sum of duty let two words contain, (O may they graven in thy heart remain!) Be humble and ...
MATTHEW PRIOR For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
BIBLE And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou ...
BIBLE Redeem thy misspent time that's past, And live this day as if thy last.
THOMAS KEN Thy confidence, shall be thy courage.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Let thy discontents be thy secrets.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe.
THOMAS CARLYLE Give every man your ear, but few thy voice. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Hamle...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Thy treasures of gold
Are dim with the blood of the hearts thou hast sold;
Thy home may be lo...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the first...
MARGARET COURTNEY

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JOHN DONNE Send me nor this, nor that, to increase my store,
But swear thou think'st I love thee, and no m...
JOHN DONNE Annunciation

Salvation to all that will is nigh;
That All, which always is all every...
JOHN DONNE And Jacob came clothed in vile harsh attire, But to supplant, and with gainful intent; God clothed H...
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Who died before the god of Love was born.
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And his first minute, after noon, is night.
JOHN DONNE How blest am I in this discovering thee!
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This no tomorrow hath, nor yesterday,
Running it never runs...
JOHN DONNE This is joy's bonfire, then, where love's strong arts
Make of so noble individual parts
On...
JOHN DONNE If our two loves be one, or, thou and I
Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die.
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Let us love nobly, and live, and add again
Years an...
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I wonder by my troth, what thou, and I
Did, till we lov'd? We...
JOHN DONNE Licence my roving hands, and let them go
Before, behind, between, above, below.
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For loving, and for saying so.
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As yet but knock ; breathe, shine, and seek to me...
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She gives the best light to his sphere;
Or each ...
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Should vanish from her clothes into her bed,
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JOHN DONNE As I do no good action here, merely for the interpretation of good men, though that be one good and ...
JOHN DONNE Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631 You rob, and spoile, and eat his people as bread, ...
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JOHN DONNE Commemoration of Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922 A memory of yesterday...
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ELENA DELLE DONNE That's the thing: You don't understand burnout unless you've been burned out. And it'...
ELENA DELLE DONNE I'd rather be a face for happiness and doing things that you have a passion for, rather than fak...
ELENA DELLE DONNE Volleyball was a lot of fun, but I knew it wasn't my sport.
ELENA DELLE DONNE I'm doing whatever I have to do to help my team win. So, instead of being focused on anything fr...
ELENA DELLE DONNE As I grew up, I became aware that there are people with special needs out there, and I have a real c...
ELENA DELLE DONNE It's expensive to raise a child with special needs, which people don't even think about. Emo...
ELENA DELLE DONNE I could do whatever I wanted as a girl, whatever my brother did. I could play against the boys and a...
ELENA DELLE DONNE My family is from Liverpool, so I have some of those vowel sounds, I've got the slack tone of so...
JOHN OLIVER Protest and anger practically always derives from hope, and the shouting out against injustice is al...
JOHN BERGER No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the mai...
JOHN WYCLIFFE By ensuring that no one in government has too much power, the Constitution helps protect ordinary Am...
JOHN ROBERTS Human beings, we have dark sides; we have dark issues in our lives. To progress anywhere in life, yo...
JOHN NOBLE Learn as many mistakes and what not to do while your business or product is small. Don't be in s...
DAYMOND JOHN Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Th...
JOHN ELWAY This Constitution was not made for a day, nor is it composed of such flexible materials as to be war...
JOHN TYLER Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
JOHN LENNON Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.
JOHN MORTIMER No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent.
JOHN JAY Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.
JOHN LOCKE High School is like a spork: it's a crappy spoon and a crappy fork, so in the end it's just ...
JOHN MAYER