Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.
THOMAS MORELord, 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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Howbeit, this one thing, son, I assure you on my faith, that if the parties will at hands call for justice, then, all were it my father stood on the one side, and the devil on the other, his cause being good, the devil should have right.
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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.
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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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One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.
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Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
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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.
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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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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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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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Instead 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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What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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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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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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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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