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Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.

Thomas More

I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
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Benefit Devil Law Myself Safety
No more like together than is chalke to coles.
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Cole Togetherness
And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves.
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Loss Ourselves Reason Thankful Win
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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Goodness Heart Kindness Men Nature Obligation Strong Word
A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
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Character Enough Face Himself Hold Man
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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Comfort Gentle Human
Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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Destruction Evil Greed Justice
The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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Better Master Servant
Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.
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Advantage Men Myself Name Rich Seek
Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
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Hard Learning People
Nor can they understand why a totally useless substance like gold should now, all over the world, be considered far more important than human beings, who gave it such value as it has, purely for their own convenience.
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Gold Substance Understand Value
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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Himself Man State Trust
Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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Campaign Hold Office
One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.
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Deep Live Man Perspective Pleasure Wealth
An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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Ideas Man Oneself Rare
What is deferred is not avoided.
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Avoid One Liner

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