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.
THOMAS MORETo gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
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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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We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.
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Oh! blame not the bard.
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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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Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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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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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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No more like together than is chalke to coles.
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And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others.
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Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
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A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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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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It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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