They set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure, but also of a certain strife and contention . . . concerning the trimming, husbanding, and furnishing of their gardens; everye man or his owne parte.
THOMAS MOREPride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
More Thomas More Quotes
-
-
A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
THOMAS MORE -
Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
THOMAS MORE -
It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
THOMAS MORE -
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.
THOMAS MORE -
They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.
THOMAS MORE -
Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
THOMAS MORE -
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 MORE -
Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
THOMAS MORE -
No more like together than is chalke to coles.
THOMAS MORE -
If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
THOMAS MORE -
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.
THOMAS MORE -
Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.
THOMAS MORE -
One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.
THOMAS MORE -
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.
THOMAS MORE -
A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
THOMAS MORE






