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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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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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Follow Light Literature Nature Planet
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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Drowning Man One Liner
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
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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Loss Ourselves Reason Thankful Win
As for rosemary, I let it run all over my garden walls, not only because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to remembrance and to friendship, whence a sprig of it hath a dumb language.
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Friendship Garden Language Love Remember Run
See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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Myself Safety
What is deferred is not avoided.
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Avoid One Liner
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
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
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
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
The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.
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Bad Goodness Live Man Time
What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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Best Play 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
Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich – for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?
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Greatness Mindset Peace Wealth
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

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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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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