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A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.

Thomas More

By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life.
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Life Mystery Nature Spiritual Vision
The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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Grace Hard Work Prayer
Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
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Hard Learning People
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
Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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Campaign Hold Office
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
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
Oh! blame not the bard.
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Blame One Liner
A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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Evil Goodness Need
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
The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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Distance Heaven Place
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
You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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Abandon Control Storm Wind
It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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Best Invention Man Natural
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
It’s wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else’s enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.
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Act Enjoyment Humanity Oneself Pleasure Wrong

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