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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/no-living-creature-is-naturally-greedy-except-from-fear-of-want-or-in/)

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

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> [“Pride measures prosperity not by her own advantages but by the disadvantages of others. She would not even wish to be a goddess unless there were some wretches left whom she could order about and lord it over, whose misery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/pride-measures-prosperity-not-by-her-own-advantages-but-by-the/)

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

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## Other authors on Display

## More by Thomas More

> [“But what they find most amazing and despicable is the insanity of those who all but worship the rich, to whom they owe nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/but-what-they-find-most-amazing-and-despicable-is-the-insanity-of/)

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

> ["Tell me, what's Love?" said Youth, one day, To drooping Age, who crost his way, "It is a sunny hour of play, For which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/tell-me-what-s-love-said-youth-one-day-to-drooping-age-who-crost-his/)

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

> [“Why do you suppose they made you king in the first place?' I ask him. 'Not for your benefit, but for theirs. They meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/why-do-you-suppose-they-made-you-king-in-the-first-place-i-ask-him/)

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

> [“This lively health, when entirely free from all mixture of pain, of itself gives an inward pleasure, independent of all external objects of delight;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/this-lively-health-when-entirely-free-from-all-mixture-of-pain-of/)

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

> [Nobody sees a flower really,it is so small. We haven't time,and to see takes time- like to have a friend takes time. One of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/nobody-sees-a-flower-really-it-is-so-small-we-haven-t-time-and-to-see/)

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

> [Friendship demands attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/friendship-demands-attention/)

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

> [“(...) personal prejudice and financial greed are the two great evils that threaten courts of law, and once they get the upper hand they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/personal-prejudice-and-financial-greed-are-the-two-great-evils-that/)

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

> [Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/pride-thinks-it-s-own-happiness-shines-the-brighter-by-comparing-it/)

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

> [In the first place, most princes apply themselves to the arts of war, in which I have neither ability nor interest, instead of to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/in-the-first-place-most-princes-apply-themselves-to-the-arts-of-war/)

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

> [No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want - or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/no-living-creature-is-naturally-greedy-except-from-fear-of-want-or-in/)

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

> [Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/lord-give-me-a-sense-of-humor-so-that-i-may-take-some-happiness-from/)

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

> [“The leaving him thus did not a little gratify one that was more fond of travelling than of returning home to be buried in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/the-leaving-him-thus-did-not-a-little-gratify-one-that-was-more-fond/)

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

> [There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/there-are-several-sorts-of-religions-not-only-in-different-parts-of/)

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

> [“... the way to heaven is the same from all places, and he that had no grave had the heavens still over him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/the-way-to-heaven-is-the-same-from-all-places-and-he-that-had-no/)

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

> [I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/i-would-uphold-the-law-if-for-no-other-reason-but-to-protect-myself/)

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

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