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.
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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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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A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.
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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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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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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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Oh! blame not the bard.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
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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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One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.
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