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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.

Thomas More

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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Concern Garden Greatness Happiness Himself Store
See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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Myself Safety
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
It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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Happiness Live Possible
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
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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Law Man Nature Necessary Portion Substance Waste
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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Creature Fear Live Yourself
I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.
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Death Faith God Myself
No more like together than is chalke to coles.
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Cole Togetherness
By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life.
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Life Mystery Nature Spiritual Vision
The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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Better Master Servant
You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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Abandon Control Storm Wind
What is deferred is not avoided.
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Avoid One Liner
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
We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.
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Death Heaven Journey
Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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Disguise Law Profession

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