They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.
THOMAS MOREOh! blame not the bard.
More Thomas More Quotes
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No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want – or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you’re better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.
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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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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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A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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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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Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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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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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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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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Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?
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No more like together than is chalke to coles.
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The 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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What is deferred is not avoided.
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We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.
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