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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

If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
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Honor Profit
Getting married is like putting one’s hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.
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Hands Marriage Oneself
Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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Campaign Hold Office
What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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Best Play Yourself
I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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Law Myself Protection Reason
Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
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Bright Fortune Happiness Pride Shine Thinking
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
The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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Better Master Servant
It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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Avoid Man Medicine Wisdom
A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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Herself Love Man Willing Woman
It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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Best Invention Man Natural
The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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Distance Heaven Place
To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.
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God Life Love Possible
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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Gold Substance Understand Value
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
Friendship demands attention.
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Attention Demand Friendship
Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
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Hard Learning People
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
Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich – for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?
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Greatness Mindset Peace Wealth
Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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Emotional Life Ourselves Source Symptom
A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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Evil Goodness Need
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
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
And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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Follow Light Literature Nature Planet
Food 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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Advice Food Life Magic Therapy True World
The state of things and the dispositions of men were then such, that a man could not well tell whom he might trust or whom he might fear.
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Himself Man State Trust
Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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Close Each Other Religion Sex

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