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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.

Thomas More

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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Emotional Life Ourselves Source Symptom
Getting married is like putting one’s hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.
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Hands Marriage Oneself
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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Himself Love Man Natural Thinking
There 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.
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Moon Planet Religion Several Worship
The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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Grace Hard Work Prayer
What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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Best Play Yourself
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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Drowning Man One Liner
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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Advice Food Life Magic Therapy True World
Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
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Bright Fortune Happiness Pride Shine Thinking
It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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Cure Doctor Poor Yourself
The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our human nature is capable.
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Capability Compassion Creature Feeling Human Nature
A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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Evil Goodness Need
It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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Avoid Man Medicine Wisdom
Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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Government Law Leadership
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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Esteem Gold Value Wonder
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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Death Horrible Punishment Thief

It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.

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