It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.
THOMAS MORESex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
More Thomas More Quotes
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The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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The increasing influence of the Bible is marvelously great, penetrating everywhere. It carries with it a tremendous power of freedom and justice guided by a combined force of wisdom and goodness.
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Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.
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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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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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There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets.
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Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich – for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?
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Howbeit, this one thing, son, I assure you on my faith, that if the parties will at hands call for justice, then, all were it my father stood on the one side, and the devil on the other, his cause being good, the devil should have right.
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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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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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An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for 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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The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.
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Oh! blame not the bard.
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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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What is deferred is not avoided.
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Food is an implement of magic, and only the most coldhearted rationalist could squeeze the juices of life out of it and make it bland. In a true sense, a cookbook is the best source of psychological advice and the kitchen the first choice of room for a therapy of the world.
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If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
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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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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 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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No more like together than is chalke to coles.
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If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
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They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.
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By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life.
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