Oh! blame not the bard.
THOMAS MOREI’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
More Thomas More Quotes
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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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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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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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As for rosemary, I let it run all over my garden walls, not only because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to remembrance and to friendship, whence a sprig of it hath a dumb language.
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The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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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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The heart that has truly loved never forgets.
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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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Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
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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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An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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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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