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 MOREThe 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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A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
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He travels best that knows when to return.
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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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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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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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The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.
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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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What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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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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Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.
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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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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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