Twere Quotes

Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep. - Miguel De Cervantes

The man who lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 'twere gross flattery to name a coward. - John Tobin

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly. - William Shakespeare

I loved thee beautiful and kind, and plighted an eternal vow; so altered are thy face and mind, 'Twere perjury to love thee now. - Acilius

HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.

Of Roman history, great Niebuhr's shown
'Tis nine-tenths lying. Faith, I wish 'twere known, Ere we accept great Niebuhr as a guide, Wherein he blundered and how much he lied. --Salder Bupp. - Ambrose Bierce

But 'twas beyond a mortal's share / To wander solitary there: / Two paradises 'twere in one, / To live in paradise alone. - Andrew Marvell

ABDICATION, n. An act whereby a sovereign attests his sense of the high temperature of the throne.

Poor Isabella's Dead, whose abdication Set all tongues wagging in the Spanish nation. For that performance 'twere unfair to scold her: She wisely left a throne too hot to hold her. To History she'll be no royal riddle -- Merely a plain parched pea that jumped the griddle. --G.J. - Ambrose Bierce