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Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.

Thomas More

I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
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Benefit Devil Law Myself Safety
The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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Better Master Servant
Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.
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Marriage Reason Rhyme
The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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Distance Heaven Place
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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Gold Substance Understand Value
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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Deep Live Man Perspective Pleasure Wealth
Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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Campaign Hold Office
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and of dying for it.
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Better Death Preserve Punishment Steal Thief
No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want – or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you’re better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.
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Creature Fear Live Yourself
It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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Happiness Live Possible
Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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Government Law Leadership
An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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Ideas Man Oneself Rare
It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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Best Invention Man Natural
Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.
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Law Man Nature Necessary Portion Substance Waste
See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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Myself Safety
If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
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Himself Lion Man Rule Strength

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