Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
THOMAS MOREThere 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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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.
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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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Rose! Thou art the sweetest flower that ever drank the amber shower: Even the Gods, who walk the sky, are amourous of thy scented sigh.
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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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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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Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.
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What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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Oh! blame not the bard.
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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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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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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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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.
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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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