There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and of dying for it.
THOMAS MOREThere are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets.
More Thomas More Quotes
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Oh! blame not the bard.
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It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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Howbeit, this one thing, son, I assure you on my faith, that if the parties will at hands call for justice, then, all were it my father stood on the one side, and the devil on the other, his cause being good, the devil should have right.
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Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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What is deferred is not avoided.
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Nor can they understand why a totally useless substance like gold should now, all over the world, be considered far more important than human beings, who gave it such value as it has, purely for their own convenience.
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I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.
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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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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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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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Friendship demands attention.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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