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I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.

Thomas More

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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Education Flower Friendship Oneself Problem Small
See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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Myself Safety
Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men’s hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.
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Goodness Heart Kindness Men Nature Obligation Strong Word
The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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Grace Hard Work Prayer
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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Loss Ourselves Reason Thankful Win
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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Carry Force Goodness Greatness Influence Power Wisdom
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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Medicine Ourselves Way
An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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Ideas Man Oneself Rare
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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Aware Control Direction Man Myself Strength
Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.
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Advantage Men Myself Name Rich Seek
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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Complication Fall Oneself Removal
The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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Better Master Servant
A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
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Character Enough Face Himself Hold Man
The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.
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Delight Manner Peace
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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Devil Faith Goodness Hands Oneself Right Thing
There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets.
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Moon Planet Religion Several Worship

I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.

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