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.
THOMAS MOREThey set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure, but also of a certain strife and contention . . . concerning the trimming, husbanding, and furnishing of their gardens; everye man or his owne parte.
More Thomas More Quotes
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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.
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The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.
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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves.
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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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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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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.
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Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.
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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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