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Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame, And hang a calf's-skin on those recreant limbs.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King John -- Act iii, Sc. 1...
Thou wert a beautiful thought, and softly bodied forth.
-- Lord Byron (1788-1824) -- Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto iv, Stanza 115...
Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 390...
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
-- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, ii, 5...
Thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less in his beard than thou hast.
Thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eye...
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother. -- Beaumont and Fletcher -- Love's Cure, Act ii, Sc.
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Thrashing is just virtual crashing.
hrash: vi. To move wildly or violently, without accomplishing anything useful.
Thrasyllus the Cynic begged a drachm of Antigonus. "That," said he, "is too little for a king to give.
Why, then," said the other, "give me a talent." "And that," said he, "is too much for a Cynic (...
Threadbearer: The kid in 3rd grade who can thread the film projector.

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