And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others.
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.
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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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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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What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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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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The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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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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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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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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Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
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I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.
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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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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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He travels best that knows when to return.
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