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To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.

Thomas More

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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Better Death Preserve Punishment Steal Thief
The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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Better Master Servant
Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody’s under the frightful necessity of becoming, first a thief, and then a corpse.
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Death Horrible Punishment Thief
Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion.
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Myself Occasion Punishment Religion
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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Bribe Gift Man Reason Rich Wisdom
Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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Disguise Law Profession
It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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Avoid Man Medicine Wisdom
If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
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Himself Lion Man Rule Strength
It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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Best Invention Man Natural
No more like together than is chalke to coles.
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Cole Togetherness
The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our human nature is capable.
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Capability Compassion Creature Feeling Human Nature
I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
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Benefit Devil Law Myself Safety
The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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Distance Heaven Place
Every tribulation which ever comes our way either is sent to be medicinal, if we will take it as such, or may become medicinal, if we will make it such, or is better than medicinal, unless we forsake it.
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Medicine Ourselves Way
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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Greatness Mindset Peace Wealth
You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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Abandon Control Storm Wind
Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.
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Advantage Men Myself Name Rich Seek
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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Devil Faith Goodness Hands Oneself Right Thing
Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
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Hard Learning People
No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want – or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you’re better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.
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Creature Fear Live Yourself
A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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Herself Love Man Willing Woman
Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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Emotional Life Ourselves Source Symptom
He travels best that knows when to return.
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Himself Return Travel
Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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Love Myself
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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Concern Garden Greatness Happiness Himself Store
If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
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Honor Profit
To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
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Gold Silver Use

To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.

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