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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.

Thomas More

Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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Disguise Law Profession
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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Myself Occasion Punishment Religion
Nor 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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Gold Substance Understand Value
Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?
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Change Circumstance Creation Hope Lose Present
If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
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Himself Lion Man Rule Strength
It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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Happiness Live Possible
The heart that has truly loved never forgets.
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Forget Heart Love True
One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.
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Education Greatness Ourselves Problem School Time
Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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Close Each Other Religion Sex
A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
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Character Enough Face Himself Hold Man
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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Law Man Nature Necessary Portion Substance Waste
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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Moon Planet Religion Several Worship
The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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Better Master Servant
Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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Emotional Life Ourselves Source Symptom
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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Carry Force Goodness Greatness Influence Power Wisdom
Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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Government Law Leadership
If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
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Honor Profit
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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Drowning Man One Liner
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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Goodness Man Writing
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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God Life Love Possible
What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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Best Play Yourself
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.
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Business Chance Life Nature Ourselves
For when they see the people swarm into the streets, and daily wet to the skin with rain, and yet cannot persuade them to go out of the rain, they do keep themselves within their houses, seeing they cannot remedy the folly of the people.
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Home People Rain Remedy Skin Street
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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Himself Love Man Natural Thinking
You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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Abandon Control Storm Wind
I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.
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Death Faith God Myself
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

And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.

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