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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.
Thomas More
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Thomas More
Age: 57 †
Born: 1478
Born: February 7
Died: 1535
Died: July 6
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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 which removes the one ill symptom produces others.
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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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