To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
THOMAS MOREIt is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
More Thomas More Quotes
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I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
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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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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.
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It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
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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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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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A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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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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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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Howbeit, this one thing, son, I assure you on my faith, that if the parties will at hands call for justice, then, all were it my father stood on the one side, and the devil on the other, his cause being good, the devil should have right.
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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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One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.
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Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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