And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others.
THOMAS MORENobody 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.
More Thomas More Quotes
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Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?
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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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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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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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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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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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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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They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.
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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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Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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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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What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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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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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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