A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
THOMAS MOREInstead 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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If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
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I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.
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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.
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The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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The heart that has truly loved never forgets.
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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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The increasing influence of the Bible is marvelously great, penetrating everywhere. It carries with it a tremendous power of freedom and justice guided by a combined force of wisdom and goodness.
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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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The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.
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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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What is deferred is not avoided.
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To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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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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