Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men’s hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.
THOMAS MOREHe travels best that knows when to return.
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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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What is deferred is not avoided.
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To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.
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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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Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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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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Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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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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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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