Two of a trade seldom agree. Pr.
Two orders of poets I admit, but no third; the creative (Shakespeare, Homer, Dante), and reflective or perceptive (Wordsworth, Keats, Tennyson); and both these must be first-rate in their range. Ruskin.
Two pots stood by a river, one of brass, the other of clay; the water carried them away; the earthen vessel kept aloof from the other. L'Estrange.
Two principles in human nature reign—/ Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain. Pope.
Two qualities are demanded of a statesman who would direct any great movement of opinion in which he himself takes a part; he must have a complete understanding of the movement itself, and he must be animated by the same motives as those which inspire the movement. Lamartine.
Two removals are as bad as a fire. Pr.
Two sorts of writers possess genius; those 5 who think, and those who cause others to think. J. Roux.
Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere. Hen. IV., v. 4.
Two things a man should never be angry at; what he can help, and what he cannot. Pr.
Two things I abhor: the learned in his infidelities, and the fool in his devotions. Mahomet.