Thomas More Quotes
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They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.
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No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want - or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you're better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.
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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature's lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.
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The heart that has truly loved never forgets.
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Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.
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What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life.
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Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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I should only ever tell the king what he ought to do, not what he could do. For if the lion knows his own strength, no man could control him.
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Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
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Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?
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Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody's under the frightful necessity of becoming, first a thief, and then a corpse.
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Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.
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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion.
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Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.
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For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust.
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Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?
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They set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure, but also of a certain strife and contention . . . concerning the trimming, husbanding, and furnishing of their gardens; everye man or his owne parte.