black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want – or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you’re better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.

Thomas More

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
THOMAS MORE

Emotional Life Ourselves Source Symptom
See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
THOMAS MORE

Myself Safety
We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.
THOMAS MORE

Death Heaven Journey
For when they see the people swarm into the streets, and daily wet to the skin with rain, and yet cannot persuade them to go out of the rain, they do keep themselves within their houses, seeing they cannot remedy the folly of the people.
THOMAS MORE

Home People Rain Remedy Skin Street
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.
THOMAS MORE

Deep Live Man Perspective Pleasure Wealth
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.
THOMAS MORE

Gold Substance Understand Value
Rose! Thou art the sweetest flower that ever drank the amber shower: Even the Gods, who walk the sky, are amourous of thy scented sigh.
THOMAS MORE

Flower Scent Shower Walk
Food is an implement of magic, and only the most coldhearted rationalist could squeeze the juices of life out of it and make it bland. In a true sense, a cookbook is the best source of psychological advice and the kitchen the first choice of room for a therapy of the world.
THOMAS MORE

Advice Food Life Magic Therapy True World
What is deferred is not avoided.
THOMAS MORE

Avoid One Liner
The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.
THOMAS MORE

Delight Manner Peace
The heart that has truly loved never forgets.
THOMAS MORE

Forget Heart Love True
A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
THOMAS MORE

Herself Love Man Willing Woman
It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
THOMAS MORE

Happiness Live Possible
Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
THOMAS MORE

Campaign Hold Office
Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
THOMAS MORE

Close Each Other Religion Sex
To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.
THOMAS MORE

God Life Love Possible

No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want – or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you’re better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want – or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you’re better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Thomas More Quotes