Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
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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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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Every tribulation which ever comes our way either is sent to be medicinal, if we will take it as such, or may become medicinal, if we will make it such, or is better than medicinal, unless we forsake it.
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Oh! blame not the bard.
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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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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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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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Friendship demands attention.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves.
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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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A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
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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 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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