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No more like together than is chalke to coles.

Thomas More

They 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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Concern Garden Greatness Happiness Himself Store
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
Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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Government Law Leadership
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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Comfort Gentle Human
What is deferred is not avoided.
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Avoid One Liner
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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Delight Manner Peace
What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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Age Leave Love Rose Wine Youth
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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Deep Live Man Perspective Pleasure Wealth
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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Goodness Heart Kindness Men Nature Obligation Strong Word
Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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Emotional Life Ourselves Source Symptom
Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
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Bright Fortune Happiness Pride Shine Thinking
Oh! blame not the bard.
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Blame One Liner
Getting married is like putting one’s hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.
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Hands Marriage Oneself
Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody’s under the frightful necessity of becoming, first a thief, and then a corpse.
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Death Horrible Punishment Thief
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
It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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Happiness Live Possible
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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Flower Scent Shower Walk
I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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Law Myself Protection Reason
The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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Grace Hard Work Prayer
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
An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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Ideas Man Oneself Rare
See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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Myself Safety
Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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Love Myself
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
It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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Cure Doctor Poor Yourself
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

No more like together than is chalke to coles.

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