Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.
THOMAS MOREBecause 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 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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Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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I should only ever tell the king what he ought to do, not what he could do. For if the lion knows his own strength, no man could control him.
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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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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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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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Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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Your love has build me from strength to strength. It has made me a stronger and better person than I was. There is nothing that love cannot change darling. Once you fall in love, even wars turn to love stories.
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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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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.
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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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The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.
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Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion.
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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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