By reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.
THOMAS MOREOne of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.
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Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
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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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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.
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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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There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and of dying for it.
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Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.
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Friendship demands attention.
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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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What is deferred is not avoided.
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One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.
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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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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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