Oh! blame not the bard.
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.
More Thomas More Quotes
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A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
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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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If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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Nor can they understand why a totally useless substance like gold should now, all over the world, be considered far more important than human beings, who gave it such value as it has, purely for their own convenience.
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What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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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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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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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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Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.
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Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?
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Friendship demands attention.
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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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The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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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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