They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.
THOMAS MOREFor when they see the people swarm into the streets, and daily wet to the skin with rain, and yet cannot persuade them to go out of the rain, they do keep themselves within their houses, seeing they cannot remedy the folly of the people.
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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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If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
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Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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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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The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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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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By reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.
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Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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As for rosemary, I let it run all over my garden walls, not only because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to remembrance and to friendship, whence a sprig of it hath a dumb language.
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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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It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.
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It’s wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else’s enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.
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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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