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.
THOMAS MOREThe way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
More Thomas More Quotes
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The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.
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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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We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.
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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want – or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you’re better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.
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Rose! Thou art the sweetest flower that ever drank the amber shower: Even the Gods, who walk the sky, are amourous of thy scented sigh.
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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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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 would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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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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Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.
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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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