The state of things and the dispositions of men were then such, that a man could not well tell whom he might trust or whom he might fear.
THOMAS MOREIt is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.
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By reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.
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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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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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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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They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.
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Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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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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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.
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What is deferred is not avoided.
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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 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 part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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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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