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 MORENor 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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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.
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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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Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
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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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Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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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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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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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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Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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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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The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.
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If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
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The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our human nature is capable.
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