Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
THOMAS MOREEvery tribulation which ever comes our way either is sent to be medicinal, if we will take it as such, or may become medicinal, if we will make it such, or is better than medicinal, unless we forsake it.
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He travels best that knows when to return.
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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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A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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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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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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I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.
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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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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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Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
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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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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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For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust.
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What is deferred is not avoided.
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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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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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