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 MOREThere 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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It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.
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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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And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others.
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If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
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What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.
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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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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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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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An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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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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Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.
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