Famous quotes containing the words thou shalt, thou and/or shalt:
“What was thy cause?
Adultery?
Thou shalt not die. Die for adultery? No,
The wren goes to’t, and the small gilded fly
Does lecher in my sight.
Let copulation thrive.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Duller shouldst thou be than the fat weed
That roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf,
Wouldst thou not stir in this.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“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)