For when they see the people swarm into the streets, and daily wet to the skin with rain, and yet cannot persuade them to go out of the rain, they do keep themselves within their houses, seeing they cannot remedy the folly of the people.
THOMAS MOREI would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
More Thomas More Quotes
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.
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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?
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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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Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
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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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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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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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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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If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
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You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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