If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
THOMAS MOREHowbeit, 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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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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The increasing influence of the Bible is marvelously great, penetrating everywhere. It carries with it a tremendous power of freedom and justice guided by a combined force of wisdom and goodness.
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You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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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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As for rosemary, I let it run all over my garden walls, not only because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to remembrance and to friendship, whence a sprig of it hath a dumb language.
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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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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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Friendship demands attention.
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What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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Your love has build me from strength to strength. It has made me a stronger and better person than I was. There is nothing that love cannot change darling. Once you fall in love, even wars turn to love stories.
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Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion.
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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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