Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.
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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A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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Friendship demands attention.
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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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Nobody sees a flower really, it is so small. We haven’t time,and to see takes time- like to have a friend takes time. One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled, but few are educated.
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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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For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust.
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What is deferred is not avoided.
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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No more like together than is chalke to coles.
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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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There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets.
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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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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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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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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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