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> [“It layeth not in my power but that they devour me. But...they shall not deflower me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-thomas-more/it-layeth-not-in-my-power-but-that-they-devour-me-but-they-shall-not/)

[Sir Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-thomas-more/)

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## More by Sir Thomas More

> [ “\[The Utopians\] marvel that any mortal can take pleasure in the weak sparkle of a little gem or bright pebble, when he has a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-thomas-more/the-utopians-marvel-that-any-mortal-can-take-pleasure-in-the-weak/)

[Sir Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-thomas-more/)

> [“All the life must be led with one, and also all the griefs and displeasures coming therewith patiently be taken and borne.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-thomas-more/all-the-life-must-be-led-with-one-and-also-all-the-griefs-and/)

[Sir Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-thomas-more/)

> [“This hellhound (pride) creepeth into men's hearts and plucketh them back from entering the right path of life and is so deeply rooted in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-thomas-more/this-hellhound-pride-creepeth-into-men-s-hearts-and-plucketh-them/)

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> [“Fortune doth both raise up the low and pluck down the high.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-thomas-more/fortune-doth-both-raise-up-the-low-and-pluck-down-the-high/)

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> [“Why shouldst thou not take even as much pleasure in beholding a counterfeit stone, which thine eye cannot discern from a right stone?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-thomas-more/why-shouldst-thou-not-take-even-as-much-pleasure-in-beholding-a/)

[Sir Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-thomas-more/)

> [“Let them speak as lewdly as they list of me...as long as they do not hit me, what am I the worse?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-thomas-more/let-them-speak-as-lewdly-as-they-list-of-me-as-long-as-they-do-not/)

[Sir Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-thomas-more/)

> [“Pride thinks its own happiness shines the brighter, by comparing it with the misfortunes of other persons; that by displaying its own wealth they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-thomas-more/pride-thinks-its-own-happiness-shines-the-brighter-by-comparing-it/)

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> [“It layeth not in my power but that they devour me. But...they shall not deflower me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-thomas-more/it-layeth-not-in-my-power-but-that-they-devour-me-but-they-shall-not/)

[Sir Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-thomas-more/)

> [“Men be so foolish as to have delight and pleasure in the doubtful glistering of a trifling little stone, which may behold any of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-thomas-more/men-be-so-foolish-as-to-have-delight-and-pleasure-in-the-doubtful/)

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> [“God made the angels to show Him splendor, as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But Man He made to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-thomas-more/god-made-the-angels-to-show-him-splendor-as-he-made-animals-for/)

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> [“The Utopians call those nations that come and ask magistrates from them Neighbours; but those to whom they have been of more particular service,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-thomas-more/the-utopians-call-those-nations-that-come-and-ask-magistrates-from/)

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> [“Anticipated spears wound less.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-thomas-more/anticipated-spears-wound-less/)

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> [“No man shall be blamed in the maintenance of his own religion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-thomas-more/no-man-shall-be-blamed-in-the-maintenance-of-his-own-religion/)

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