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.
THOMAS MOREA pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
More Thomas More Quotes
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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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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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Howbeit, this one thing, son, I assure you on my faith, that if the parties will at hands call for justice, then, all were it my father stood on the one side, and the devil on the other, his cause being good, the devil should have right.
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Nobody sees a flower really, it is so small. We haven’t time,and to see takes time- like to have a friend takes time. One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled, but few are educated.
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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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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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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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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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Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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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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The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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