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.
THOMAS MOREFor men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust.
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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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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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No more like together than is chalke to coles.
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If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
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Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.
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What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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It’s wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else’s enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.
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Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
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What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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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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One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.
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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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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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