An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
THOMAS MOREThey 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.
More Thomas More Quotes
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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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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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It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others.
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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Lord, 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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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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Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust.
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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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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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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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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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