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From Quotes by Thomas More
- Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
- A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
- Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
- In Utopia, where every man has a right to everything, they all know that if care is taken to keep the public stores full, no…
- Your love has build me from strength to strength. It has made me a stronger and better person than I was. There is nothing that…
- For if you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners to be corrupted from their infancy, and then punish them for those crimes…
- Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?
- There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put in…
- 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…
- 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…
- Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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