It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
THOMAS MOREEvery tribulation which ever comes our way either is sent to be medicinal, if we will take it as such, or may become medicinal, if we will make it such, or is better than medicinal, unless we forsake it.
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We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.
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Oh! blame not the bard.
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A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
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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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He travels best that knows when to return.
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I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
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And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves.
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If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
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To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.
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See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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Food is an implement of magic, and only the most coldhearted rationalist could squeeze the juices of life out of it and make it bland. In a true sense, a cookbook is the best source of psychological advice and the kitchen the first choice of room for a therapy of the world.
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Because the soul has such deep roots in personal and social life and its values run so contrary to modern concerns, caring for the soul may well turn out to be a radical act, a challenge to accepted norms.
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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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