If we lived in a State where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly. And we'd live like animals or angels in the happy land that /needs/ no heroes. But since in… — Robert Bolt Copy Share Image
When a man takes an oath... he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water. — Robert Bolt Copy Share Image
If we lived in a State where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly. And we'd… — Robert Bolt Copy Share Image
“My master Thomas More would give anything to anyone. Some say that’s good and some say that’s bad, but I say he can’t help… — Robert Bolt Copy Share Image
“More Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper I’d cut down every law… — Robert Bolt Copy Share Image
“Have patience, Margaret, and trouble not thyself. Death comes for us all; even at our birth—death does but stand aside a little. And every… — Robert Bolt Copy Share Image
“The nobility of England would have snored through the Sermon on the Mount. But you'll labor like scholars over a bulldog's pedigree.” — Robert Bolt Copy Share Image
This account of him [Thomas More] developed as I wrote: what first attracted me was a person who could not be accused of any… — Robert Bolt Copy Share Image
“The currents and eddies of right and wrong, which you find such plain sailing, I can't navigate. I'm no voyager. But in the thickets… — Robert Bolt Copy Share Image
“RICH I’m lamenting. I’ve lost my innocence. CROMWELL You lost that some time ago. If you’ve only just noticed, it can’t have been very… — Robert Bolt Copy Share Image
Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks toward us and muses somewhat to himself whether… — Robert Bolt Copy Share Image
![“This account of him [Thomas More] developed as I wrote: what first attracted me was a person who could not be accused of any incapacity for life, who indeed seized life in great variety and almost greedy quantities, who nevertheless found something in himself without which life was valueless and…” quote by Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e50/robert-bolt-21488_able_this-account-of-him-thomas-more-develope_749259.jpg)
