“Friend Ralph, thou hast
Outrun the constable at last.”
Canto III, line 1367
Source: Hudibras, Part I (1663–1664)
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“1887. Think thyself happy if thou hast one true Friend; never think of finding another.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
“Count not that thou hast lived that day, in which thou hast not lived with God.”
Richard Fuller (minister) (1804–1876) United States Baptist minister
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 117.
“Thou hast been called, O sleep! the friend of woe;
But ’tis the happy that have called thee so.”
Robert Southey (1774–1843) British poet
Canto XV, st. 11.
The Curse of Kehama (1810)
“Since Thou hast regarded me,
Grace and beauty hast Thou given me.”
John of the Cross (1542–1591) Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint
Spiritual Canticle of The Soul and The Bridegroom
Context: Despise me not,
For if I was swarthy once
Thou canst regard me now;
Since Thou hast regarded me,
Grace and beauty hast Thou given me. ~ 33
Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868) English historian and churchman
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 94.
“If thou hast sought happiness and missed it, but hast found wisdom instead, thou art fortunate.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) Catholic bishop
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 85
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
Thomas Guthrie (1803–1873) British divine
Source: The Gospel in Ezekiel Illustrated in a Series of Discourses (1856), P. 32 (The Defiler).