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"25 Thomas More Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 7 February 1478. Died: 6 July 1535 | Lawyer | Philosopher | Author | Statesman |
A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
Pretty face Enough Catch Man
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You wouldn't abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn't control the winds.

Abandon ship Just because Control The winds
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What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.

What part Take upon Play The best
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One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.

Greatest problems Our time Many are Schooled
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Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.

Pride thinks Own happiness Brighter Misfortunes
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Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?

Nobody Owns anythings Greater wealth Cheerfulness
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It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.

Only natural Each man Think Own opinions
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What is deferred is not avoided.

What is Deferred Not avoided
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If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
The lion Own strength Hard were Any man
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There is nothing more inglorious than that glory that is gained by war
Nothing more Inglorious Glory Gained
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The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.

Ordinary art Practice Every day More importance
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Some men may be snared by beauty alone, but none can be held except by virtue and compliance.

Some men Snared Beauty alone By virtue
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God made the angels to show Him splendor, as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But Man He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of his mind.

God made Angels Splendor Animals
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An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.

Absolutely New idea Rarest things Man
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Fortune doth both raise up the low and pluck down the high.

Fortune Raise up Low Pluck down
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No man shall be blamed in the maintenance of his own religion.

No man Blamed Maintenance Own religion
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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.

Naturally given All men Esteem Own invention
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By reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.

Gifts Bribes Rich men Executed
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For things will never be perfect, until human beings are perfect - which I don't expect them to be for quite a number of years!

Things Never be Perfect Human being
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For as love is oftentimes won with beauty, so it is not kept, preserved, and continued, but by virtue and obedience.

Love Won Beauty Not kept
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The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.

Servant Better Master
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And, indeed, nature has so made us, that we all love to be flattered and to please ourselves with our own notions

Nature Made us All love Be flattered
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I must say, extreme justice is an extreme injury: for we ought not to approve of those terrible laws that make the smallest offences capital, nor of that opinion of the Stoics that makes all crimes equal;

Extreme justice Injury Approve Terrible laws
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All the life must be led with one, and also all the griefs and displeasure coming therewith patiently be taken and borne.

Life Griefs Displeasure coming Patiently
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The way to heaven is the same from all places, and he that had no grave had the heavens still over him.

The way Heaven All places Grave
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Thomas More Quotes & Sayings