What is deferred is not avoided.
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.
More Thomas More Quotes
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Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?
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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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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
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Oh! blame not the bard.
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Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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Nobody sees a flower really, it is so small. We haven’t time,and to see takes time- like to have a friend takes time. One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled, but few are educated.
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By reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.
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A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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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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No more like together than is chalke to coles.
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You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
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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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