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.
THOMAS MOREI’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
More Thomas More Quotes
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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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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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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.
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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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Oh! blame not the bard.
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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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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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There 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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I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
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Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.
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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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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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You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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The state of things and the dispositions of men were then such, that a man could not well tell whom he might trust or whom he might fear.
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