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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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In the first place, most princes apply themselves to the arts of war, in which I have neither ability nor interest, instead of to the good arts of peace. They are generally more set on acquiring new kingdoms by hook or by crook than on governing well those that they already have.
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Nobody sees a flower really,it is so small. We haven't time,and to see takes time- like to have a friend takes time. One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled, but few are educated.
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The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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It's wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else's enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.
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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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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 that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion.
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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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See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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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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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.
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I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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Every tribulation which ever comes our way either is sent to be medicinal, if we will take it as such, or may become medicinal, if we will make it such, or is better than medicinal, unless we forsake it.
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