The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.
THOMAS MOREThe servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
More Thomas More Quotes
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I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.
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Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.
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Oh! blame not the bard.
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See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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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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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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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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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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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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Getting married is like putting one’s hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.
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Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody’s under the frightful necessity of becoming, first a thief, and then a corpse.
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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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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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The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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