It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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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Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.
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We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.
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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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For when they see the people swarm into the streets, and daily wet to the skin with rain, and yet cannot persuade them to go out of the rain, they do keep themselves within their houses, seeing they cannot remedy the folly of the people.
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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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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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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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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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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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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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Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
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Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.
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An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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