The 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.
THOMAS MOREHe travels best that knows when to return.
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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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The heart that has truly loved never forgets.
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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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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.
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Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody’s under the frightful necessity of becoming, first a thief, and then a corpse.
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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 a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
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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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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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Friendship demands attention.
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What is deferred is not avoided.
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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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