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 MOREThe state of things and the dispositions of men were then such, that a man could not well tell whom he might trust or whom he might fear.
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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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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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I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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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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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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He travels best that knows when to return.
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Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.
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Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.
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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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Nor can they understand why a totally useless substance like gold should now, all over the world, be considered far more important than human beings, who gave it such value as it has, purely for their own convenience.
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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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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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