Shalt Thou

Famous quotes containing the words shalt thou, shalt and/or thou:

    “It is mediocrity which makes laws and sets mantraps and spring-guns in the realm of free song, saying thus far shalt thou go and no further.”
    —James Russell Lowell (1819–91)

    “Without, the frost, the blinding snow,
    The storm-wind’s moody madness—
    Within, the firelight’s ruddy glow,
    And childhood’s nest of gladness.
    The magic words shall hold thee fast:
    Thou shalt not heed the raving blast.”
    —Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)

    “If thou be invited of a mighty man, withdraw thyself, and so much the more will he invite thee. Press thou not upon him, lest thou be put back; stand not far off, lest thou be forgotten.”
    —Apocrypha. Ecclesiasticus 13:9-10.