And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others.
THOMAS MOREMost people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
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They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.
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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.
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Rose! Thou art the sweetest flower that ever drank the amber shower: Even the Gods, who walk the sky, are amourous of thy scented sigh.
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Getting married is like putting one’s hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.
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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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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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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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Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
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Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.
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It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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Your love has build me from strength to strength. It has made me a stronger and better person than I was. There is nothing that love cannot change darling. Once you fall in love, even wars turn to love stories.
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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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