Tis Quotes

Let not adversity oppress thee: be rather like unto the nail; the farther 'tis hammered, the firmer it holds. — Ivan Panin

'Tis blessed to bestow, and yet,
Could we bestow the gifts we get,
And keep the ones we give away,
How happy were our Christmas day! — Carolyn Wells

Though old the thought and oft exprest, Tis his at last who says it best. — James Russell Lowell

For truly, what computer has not asked whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous instructions? — Stanislaw Lem

Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print — Matthew Pearl

Money! Ho, ho!
'T'as been my want so long, 'tis now my scoff.
I've e'en forgot what colour silver's of. — Thomas Middleton

Tisn't life that matters! 'Tis the courage you bring to it. — Hugh Walpole

I find the remark, "Tis distance lends enchantment to the view" is no less true of the political than of the natural world. — Franklin Pierce

Youth is immortal; Tis the elderly only grow old! — Herman Melville

Love is but a frailty of mind when 'tis not with ambition joined." -Sir Thomas Seymour — Jacqueline Kolosov

Love is the fart
Of every heart
It pains the man when 'tis kept close,
And others doth offend, when 'tis let loose. — John Suckling

You were inside my body, but somehow 'tis my soul you touched, Iain Mackinnon. — Pamela Clare

Tis better, sir, to be brief than tedious. — William Shakespeare

'Tis brief, my lord ... as woman's love. — William Shakespeare

Tis safter to be that which we destroy
Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. — William Shakespeare

Tis not the robe or garment I affect; For who would marry with a suit of clothes? — John Heywood

Tis not her coldness, father, That chills my labouring breast; It's that confounded cucumber I've ate and can't digest. — Richard Harris Barham

O, I do not like that paying back, 'tis a double labor. — William Shakespeare

Tis the only discipline we are born for; all studies else are but as circular lines, and death the center where they all must meet. — Philip Massinger

But God has a few of us to whom he whispers in the ear; The rest may reason and welcome; 'tis we musicians know. — Robert Browning

And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep. — Lord Byron

All affectation; 'tis my perfect scorn;
Object of my implacable disgust. — William Cowper

For I have dipped my hands in muddied waters, and, withdrawing them, find 'tis better to be a commander than a common man! — Bartholomew Roberts

I nauseate walking; 'tis a country diversion, I loathe the country. — William Congreve

'Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force. — Algernon Sidney

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable. — Voltaire

'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Tis nothing when you are used to it. — Jonathan Swift

A kilt isna a skirt. 'Tis an entirely different thing. — Tessa Dare

Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone. — Baltasar Gracian

I leave my parents here behind
And all my friends to love resigned
'Tis grief to go, but death to stay
Farewell
I'm gone with love away. — George Moses Horton

Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers. — William Shakespeare

Ay, rail at gaming - 'tis a rich topic, and affords noble declamation. Go, preach against it in the city - you'll find a congregation in every tavern. — Edward Moore

Tis an ill wind that blows no minds — Gregory Hill

Tis true that tho' People can transcend their Characters in Times of Tranquillity, they can ne'er do so in Times of Tumult. — Erica Jong

'Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness. — John Dryden

Tis I that call, remember Milo's end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend. — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl Of Roscommon

To love you was pleasant enough. And, oh! 'tis delicious to hate you! — Thomas Moore

But 'tis the talent of our English nation, Still to be plotting some new reformation. — John Dryden

To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes,
Recanting goodness, sorry ere 'tis shown;
But where there is true friendship, there needs none. — William Shakespeare

But Montague is bound as well as I,
In penalty alike; and 'tis not hard, I think,
For men so old as we to keep the peace. — William Shakespeare

Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea. — Lucretius

Tis a thankless world — Jean Webster

Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet. — George Eliot

I see a redness suddenly come
Into the evening's anxious breast
'Tis the wound of love goes home! — D.H. Lawrence

Tis unpleasant to meet a beggar. It is painful to deny him; and, if you relieve him, it is so much out of your pocket. — Charles Lamb

Nay, it ain't got fleas, and 'tis a girl. — Cecilia Dart-Thornton

Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman, rules us still. — Thomas Moore

Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle. — Benjamin Franklin

One ship goes East another West, By the self-same winds that blow; 'Tis the set of the sail and not the gale Which determines the way they go. — Eric Butterworth

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil. — Daniel Defoe

Leave war to others; 'tis Protesilaus' part of love. — Ovid

Tis best to be silent in a bad cause. — Ovid

Tis "the witching time of night", / Orbed is the moon and bright, / And the stars they glisten, glisten, / Seeming with bright eyes to listen - — John Keats

With what shift and pains we come into the World we remember not; but 'tis commonly found no easy matter to get out of it. — Thomas Browne

Oh, 'tis not my qualities they object to! 'Tis my lack of vice. — Georgette Heyer

For what we are about to receive, Oh Lord 'tis Thee we thank,' said the cannibal as he cut a slice off the missionary's shank. — Yip Harburg

Tis sweet to listen as the night winds creep From leaf to leaf. — Lord Byron

Grace! 'tis a charming Sound,
Harmonious to my Ear!
Heav'n with the Echo shall resound,
And all the Earth shall hear. — Philip Doddridge

Tis admirable to consider, how Powerful the Kings are, yet they move by the Breath of their People. — William Penn

Tis a very excellent piece of work, madam lady. Would 'twere done. — William Shakespeare

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes. — Henry David Thoreau

Pleasure is sweetest when 'tis paid for by another's pain. — Ovid

For this relief much thanks. 'Tis bitter cold, and I am sick at heart. — William Shakespeare

In love, 'tis no other than frantic desire for that which flies from us. — Michel De Montaigne

Tis better to travel hopefully than to arrive?" I — Jennifer Worth

Tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Julius Caesar — Liaquat Ahamed

Tis the privilege of Art Thus to play its cheerful part, Man on earth to acclimate And bend the exile to his fate. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

My language! heavens!I am the best of them that speak this speech. Were I but where 'tis spoken. — William Shakespeare

Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy. — Robert Burton

Do what ye must, but 'tis a sorry day when a man's betrothed willna grant him the divine pleasure only she can give. — Maeve Greyson

Tis hatched and shall be so — William Shakespeare

Tis a sure sign work goes on merrily, when folks sing at it. — Isaac Bickerstaffe

Tis true I know what evil I shall do but passion overpowers the better council. — Epictetus

Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made? — Algernon Sidney

Tis Better to Sit there and LOOK the fool, than to open your mouth and prove it. — Mark Twain

When any opinion leads us into absurdities, 'tis certainly false; but 'tis not certain an opinion is false, because 'tis of dangerous consequence. — David Hume

'Tis only when they spring to Heaven that angels reveal themselves to you. — Robert Browning

Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but death and taxes. — Christopher Bullock

The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the people's milk. — Benjamin Franklin

Tis hard to find God, but to comprehend
Him, as He is, is labour without end. — Robert Herrick

Doth Nature draw me, 'tis because, Unto my seeming, there doth lurk A lawlessness about her laws, More mood than purpose in her work. — Alfred Austin

'Tis folly to be wise. — Thomas Gray

Tis not your time, my love," he whispered. "You will not die tonight."
"Never," I said to him, "for I have been blessed by Death's Eternal Kiss. — Charlotte Featherstone

Tis use alone that sanctifies expense
And splendor borrows all her rays from sense. — Alexander Pope

Shed not for her a bitter tear; Nor give the heart to vain regret. Tis but the casket that lies here; the gem that fills it sparkles yet. — Belle Starr

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

every pirate and privateer has lurking within him the soul of an accountant. Though some would say 'tis the other way round. — Neal Stephenson

Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good. 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'tis time to part. — Thomas Paine

'Tis certain that our senses are extremely disproportioned for comprehending the whole compass and latitude of things. — John Wilkins

Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly. — Elizabeth Gilbert

I laugh, for hope hath a happy place with me; If my boat sinks, 'tis to another sea. — William Ellery Channing

Tis the curse of a woman of influence that she must always be reckoned unvirtuous. — Susanna Kearsley

'Tis social converse, animates the soul. — Mercy Otis Warren

Then, everlasting Love , restrain thy will; 'Tis god -like to have power, but not to kill. — John Fletcher

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman. — William Congreve

Adieu! 'tis love's last greeting, The parting hour is come! And fast thy soul is fleeting To seek its starry home. — Pierre-Jean De Beranger

Cassandra: 'Tis too much thinking you do, Riley.
Riley: Yes, I do, and 'tis always of you — Marie Ferrarella

I love thee - I love thee,
'Tis all that I can say,
It is my vision in the night,
My dreaming in the day. — Thomas Hood