Tis Quotes - page 17

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think. (Lady Mary Wortley Montagu)
Translation ("A Lady", 1761): They are either to be pitied or condemned who are obliged to have recourse to religion for the conduct of their lives. 'Tis a sign they have either a narrow soul, or a corrupt heart. View quote
Ninon de L'Enclos
Tis noble to spare the vanquished. View quote
Statius
Tis best to build no castles in the air. View quote
Frances Burney
'Tis never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest, or for their wit that one loves the wittiest; 'tis for benevolence, and virtue, and honest fondness, one loves people; the other qualities make one proud of loving them too. View quote
Hester Thrale
I have been told by some anciently conversant with the Stage, that it was not Originally his, but brought by a private Author to be Acted and he only gave some Master-touches to one or two of the Principal Parts or Characters; this I am apt to believe, because 'tis the most incorrect and indigested piece in all his Works, It seems rather a heap of Rubbish then a Structure. View quote
Edward Ravenscroft
I am not so much afraid of death, as ashamed thereof tis the very disgrace and ignominy of our natures. View quote
Thomas Browne
As men Do walk a mile, women should talk an hour, After supper. 'Tis their exercise. View quote
Francis Beaumont
Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman, rules us still. View quote
Thomas Moore
Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd. View quote
William Cowper
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)
Tis not possessions that bring happiness. View quote
Matteo Maria Boiardo
'Tis human actions paint the chart of time. View quote
James Montgomery
When hope lies dead-ah, when 'tis death to live, And wrongs remembered make the heart still bleed, Better are Sleep's kind lies for Life's blind need Than truth, if lies a little peace can give. View quote
Theodore Watts-Dunton
'Tis very vain for me to boast How small a price my Bible cost, The day of judgment will make clear 'Twas very cheap - or very dear. View quote
Michael Bruce
We remember the Tommy Douglas quote Jack included in every email he sent: 'Courage my friends, 'tis never too late to build a better world'. View quote
Nycole Turmel
As when you melons in the market buy. You'll cut a hundred, and, amongst the pile, 'Tis hard if you two good ones shall espy. So, in our day, of all the tongues we deem, From outward showing, free from every guile, But two per cent, are really what they seem. View quote
Pietro Nelli
Custom 'tis alone That countless follies covers and defends. View quote
Pietro Nelli
As a beauty I'm not a great star, There are others more handsome by far, But my face, I don't mind it, Because I'm behind it - Tis the people in front that I jar. View quote
Woodrow Wilson
When a religion is good, I conceive that it will support, itself and when it does not support itself, and God does not take care to support it, so that its professors are obliged to call for help of the civil power, 'tis a sign, I apprehend, of its. View quote
Benjamin Franklin
Get what you can, and what you get hold, 'Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold. (Benjamin Franklin)
'Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle. View quote
Benjamin Franklin
How many observe Christ's birthday How few, his precepts O 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments. View quote
Benjamin Franklin
Keep out of the Sight of Feasts and Banquets as much as may be for 'tis more difficult to refrain good Cheer, when it's present, than from the Desire of it when it is away the like you may observe in the Objects of all the other Senses. View quote
Benjamin Franklin
The King's cheese is half wasted in parings But no matter, 'tis made of the people's milk. View quote
Benjamin Franklin