Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.
THOMAS MOREWho does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?
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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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I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.
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To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.
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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
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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.
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Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.
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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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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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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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