A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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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Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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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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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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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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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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No more like together than is chalke to coles.
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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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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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Because the soul has such deep roots in personal and social life and its values run so contrary to modern concerns, caring for the soul may well turn out to be a radical act, a challenge to accepted norms.
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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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Getting married is like putting one’s hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.
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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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A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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