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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.
Thomas More
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Thomas More
Age: 57 †
Born: 1478
Born: February 7
Died: 1535
Died: July 6
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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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Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
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