A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
THOMAS MOREMost people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
More Thomas More Quotes
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Friendship demands attention.
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See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion.
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The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.
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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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You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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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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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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The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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