Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
THOMAS MOREKindness 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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Because the soul has such deep roots in personal and social life and its values run so contrary to modern concerns, caring for the soul may well turn out to be a radical act, a challenge to accepted norms.
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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.
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What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.
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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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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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Oh! blame not the bard.
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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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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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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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We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.
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Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.
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I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.
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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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Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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