Oh! blame not the bard.
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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Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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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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It’s wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else’s enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.
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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.
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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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What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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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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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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Rose! Thou art the sweetest flower that ever drank the amber shower: Even the Gods, who walk the sky, are amourous of thy scented sigh.
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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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I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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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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You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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