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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.

Thomas More

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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Happiness Humor Life Share
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
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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Capability Compassion Creature Feeling Human Nature
I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
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Benefit Devil Law Myself Safety
Your love has build me from strength to strength. It has made me a stronger and better person than I was. There is nothing that love cannot change darling. Once you fall in love, even wars turn to love stories.
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Better Build Change Love Person Story Strength Strong War
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
The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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Better Master Servant
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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Bribe Gift Man Reason Rich Wisdom
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
It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.
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Himself Love Man Natural Thinking
I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.
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Death Faith God Myself
He travels best that knows when to return.
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Himself Return Travel
What is deferred is not avoided.
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Avoid One Liner
For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust.
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Goodness Man Writing
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
Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion.
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Myself Occasion Punishment Religion

It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.

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