To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.
THOMAS MOREFood 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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Oh! blame not the bard.
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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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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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Nor can they understand why a totally useless substance like gold should now, all over the world, be considered far more important than human beings, who gave it such value as it has, purely for their own convenience.
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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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Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.
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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
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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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An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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Friendship demands attention.
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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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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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The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our human nature is capable.
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