If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
THOMAS MOREFor 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.
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Oh! blame not the bard.
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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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I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.
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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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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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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.
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It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.
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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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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.
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They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.
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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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He travels best that knows when to return.
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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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What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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