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.
THOMAS MORELord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
More Thomas More Quotes
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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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Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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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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Getting married is like putting one’s hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.
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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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What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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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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There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and of dying for it.
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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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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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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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If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
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Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.
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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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The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.
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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion.
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An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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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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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.
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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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It’s wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else’s enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.
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See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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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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