Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.
THOMAS MORESee me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
More Thomas More Quotes
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You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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Getting married is like putting one’s hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.
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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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Oh! blame not the bard.
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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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Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich – for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?
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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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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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He travels best that knows when to return.
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And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves.
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I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
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Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
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By reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.
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If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
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One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.
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