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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More Thomas More Quotes
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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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Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
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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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The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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Rose! Thou art the sweetest flower that ever drank the amber shower: Even the Gods, who walk the sky, are amourous of thy scented sigh.
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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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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others.
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The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.
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I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.
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The heart that has truly loved never forgets.
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The increasing influence of the Bible is marvelously great, penetrating everywhere. It carries with it a tremendous power of freedom and justice guided by a combined force of wisdom and goodness.
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It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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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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A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
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Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
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What is deferred is not avoided.
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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.
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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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The state of things and the dispositions of men were then such, that a man could not well tell whom he might trust or whom he might fear.
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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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An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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