If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
THOMAS MOREThe Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our human nature is capable.
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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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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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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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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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To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
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The heart that has truly loved never forgets.
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It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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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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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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No more like together than is chalke to coles.
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The increasing influence of the Bible is marvelously great, penetrating everywhere. It carries with it a tremendous power of freedom and justice guided by a combined force of wisdom and goodness.
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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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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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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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