“For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.”
Bible
“What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted! Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, and he but naked, though locked up in steel, whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.”
William Shakespeare
“Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name; So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us oft, and worshipped be”
John Donne
“Fought all his battles o'er again; / And thrice he routed all his foes; and thrice he slew the slain.”
John Dryden
“Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, and four times he who gets his fist in fust”
Josh Billings
“`The game is done! I've won, I've won!' / Quoth she, and whistles thrice.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.”
