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.
THOMAS MOREIf the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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They set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure, but also of a certain strife and contention . . . concerning the trimming, husbanding, and furnishing of their gardens; everye man or his owne parte.
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Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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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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We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.
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Friendship demands attention.
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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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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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Howbeit, this one thing, son, I assure you on my faith, that if the parties will at hands call for justice, then, all were it my father stood on the one side, and the devil on the other, his cause being good, the devil should have right.
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Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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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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Nobody sees a flower really, it is so small. We haven’t time,and to see takes time- like to have a friend takes time. One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled, but few are educated.
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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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Oh! blame not the bard.
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