All Thomas More Quotes
- Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb. Despise
- For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in… Doth
- Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so… All
- As for rosemary, I let it run all over my garden walls, not only because my bees love it but because it is the herb… All
- The increasing influence of the Bible is marvelously great, penetrating everywhere. It carries with it a tremendous power of freedom and justice guided by a… Bible
- Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters. Disguise
- Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound. Hound
- It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best. All
- I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself. Inspirational
- I should only ever tell the king what he ought to do, not what he could do. For if the lion knows his own strength,… Control
- An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man. Absolutely
- He travels best that knows when to return. Best
- Oh! blame not the bard. Bard
- The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace. All
- Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence. Earth
- 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… Cannot Persuade
- If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable. Everybody
- I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first. Death
- See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself. Coming
- The chief aim of their constitution is that, whenever public needs permit, all citizens should be free, so far as possible, to withdraw their time… Aim