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Quotes by Thomas Tickell

6 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

These taught us how to live; and (oh, too high The price for knowledge!) taught us how to die.— filed under Example

Thee will I sing in comely wainscot bound And golden verge enclosing thee around; The faithful horn before, from age to age Preserving thy invulnerable page. Behind thy patron saint in armor shines With sword and lance to guard the sacred lines; Th' instructive handle's at the bottom fixed Lest wrangling critics should pervert the text.— filed under Bores

Just men, by whom impartial laws were given, And saints, who taught and led the way to heaven!— filed under Character

Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed A fairer spirit, or more welcome shade.— filed under Character

I hear a voice you cannot hear, Which says, I must not stay; I see a hand you cannot see, Which beckons me away.— filed under Death

Fight Virtue's cause, stand up in Wit's defence, Win us from vice and laugh us into sense.— filed under Laughter