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We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.

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Thomas More
Age: 57 †
Born: 1478
Born: February 7
Died: 1535
Died: July 6
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And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature's lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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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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Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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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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The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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The heart that has truly loved never forgets.
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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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