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Thomas More

Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.
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Marriage Reason Rhyme
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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Esteem Gold Value Wonder
I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
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Benefit Devil Law Myself Safety
We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.
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Death Heaven Journey
An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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Ideas Man Oneself Rare
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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Better Death Preserve Punishment Steal Thief
Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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Love Myself
It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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Cure Doctor Poor Yourself
It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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Happiness Live Possible
You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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Abandon Control Storm Wind
No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want – or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you’re better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.
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Creature Fear Live Yourself
No more like together than is chalke to coles.
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Cole Togetherness
Friendship demands attention.
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Attention Demand Friendship
The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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Grace Hard Work Prayer
It’s wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else’s enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.
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Act Enjoyment Humanity Oneself Pleasure Wrong
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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Greatness Mindset Peace Wealth

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