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.
THOMAS MORESee me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
More Thomas More Quotes
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What is deferred is not avoided.
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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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See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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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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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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We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.
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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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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and of dying for it.
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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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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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