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.
THOMAS MOREOne of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.
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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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Nobody sees a flower really, it is so small. We haven’t time,and to see takes time- like to have a friend takes time. One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled, but few are educated.
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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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What is deferred is not avoided.
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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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Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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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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Getting married is like putting one’s hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.
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And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves.
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I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
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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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Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
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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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