It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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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Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.
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I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.
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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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By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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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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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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I should only ever tell the king what he ought to do, not what he could do. For if the lion knows his own strength, no man could control him.
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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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The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
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You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.
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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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