"For men use, if they have an evil……" — Thomas More
"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 dust."
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75 Quotes by Thomas More
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They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much…
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They set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure,…
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What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine
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What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort…
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Getting married is like putting one's hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.
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By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding…
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The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of…
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There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some…
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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The heart that has truly loved never forgets.
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More Doth Quotes
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Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
— Francis Bacon
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A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
— Francis Bacon
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For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still.
— George Chapman
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Sincerity is the same in a corner alone, as it is before the face of the world. It knows not…
— John Bunyan
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Christ choosing solitude for private prayer, doth not only hint to us the danger of distraction and deviation of thoughts…
— Thomas Brooks
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God's hearing of our prayers doth not depend upon sanctification, but upon Christ's intercession; not upon what we are in…
— Thomas Brooks
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I trust that age doth not wither nor custom stale my infinite variety.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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Thou ever young, fresh, lov'd, and delicate wooer, whose blush doth thaw the consecrated snow
— William Shakespeare
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Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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As perfume doth remain In the folds where it hath lain, So the thought of you, remaining Deeply folded in…
— Arthur Symons
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The wine-cup is the little silver well, Where truth, if truth there be, doth dwell.
— William Shakespeare
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Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
— William Shakespeare
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