Every tribulation which ever comes our way either is sent to be medicinal, if we will take it as such, or may become medicinal, if we will make it such, or is better than medicinal, unless we forsake it.
THOMAS MOREMost people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
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A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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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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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
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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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Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
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The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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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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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.
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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 a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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