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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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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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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
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You wouldn't abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn't control the winds.
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It's a poor doctor who can't cure one disease without giving you another.
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The folly of men has enhanced the value of gold and silver because of their scarcity whereas, on the contrary, it is their opinion that Nature, as an indulgent parent, has freely given us all the best things in great abundance, such as water and earth, but has laid up and hid from us the things that are vain and useless.
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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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Friendship demands attention.
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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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