Thomas More Quotes

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• And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that… Applying
• Friendship demands attention. Attention
• If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger, pride and… Anger
• A little wanton money, which burned out the bottom of his purse. Bottom
• The channel is known only to the natives; so that if any stranger should enter into the bay without one of their pilots he would… Any
• And, indeed, though they differ concerning other things, yet all agree in this: that they think there is one Supreme Being that made and governs… Agree
• Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power. From
• If I speak to thee in friendship's name, thou think'st I speak too coldly, if I mention love's devoted flame, thou say'st I speak too… Boldly
• To be educated, a person doesn't have to know much or be informed, but he or she does have to have been exposed vulnerably to… Been
• Ask a woman's advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you're sure to be wise. Advice
• Marriage is an Athenic weaving together of families, of two souls with their individual fates and destinies, of time and eternity - everyday life married… Destinies
• A friendship like love is warm; a love like friendship is steady. Friendship
• The light, that lies In woman's eyes, Has been my heart's undoing. Been
• 'Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone. All
• "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 repentance… Age

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