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.
THOMAS MOREIt’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
More Thomas More Quotes
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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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Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
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Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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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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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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The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.
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By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life.
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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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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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As for rosemary, I let it run all over my garden walls, not only because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to remembrance and to friendship, whence a sprig of it hath a dumb language.
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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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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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Getting married is like putting one’s hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.
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