It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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.
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To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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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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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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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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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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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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What is deferred is not avoided.
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Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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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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Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.
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If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
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Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
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