For 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.
THOMAS MOREThe servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
More Thomas More Quotes
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It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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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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Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men’s hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.
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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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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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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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By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life.
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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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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For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust.
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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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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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