The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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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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.
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If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
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Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.
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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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Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men’s hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.
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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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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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Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.
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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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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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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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To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
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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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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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