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See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.

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Thomas More
Age: 57 †
Born: 1478
Born: February 7
Died: 1535
Died: July 6
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It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.
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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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You wouldn't abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn't control the winds.
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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature's lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.
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A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.
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Food is an implement of magic, and only the most coldhearted rationalist could squeeze the juices of life out of it and make it bland. In a true sense, a cookbook is the best source of psychological advice and the kitchen the first choice of room for a therapy of the world.
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Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
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If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
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Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.
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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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