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.
Thomas More
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For men use, if they have an ...
For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust.
Thomas More
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The most part of all princes ...
The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.
Thomas More
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It is only natural, of course...
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.
Thomas More
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Yea, marry, now it is somewha...
Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.
Thomas More
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To gold and silver nature hat...
To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
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The chief aim of their consti...
The chief aim of their constitution is that, whenever public needs permit, all citizens should be free, so far as possible, to withdraw their time and energy from the service of the body, and devote themselves to the freedom and culture of the mind. For that, they think, is the real happiness of life.
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One of the greatest problems ...
One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.
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Nor can they understand why a...
Nor can they understand why a totally useless substance like gold should now, all over the world, be considered far more important than human beings, who gave it such value as it has, purely for their own convenience.
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The folly of men has enhanced...
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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Who does more earnestly long ...
Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?
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Anyone who campaigns for publ...
Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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The education of youth belong...
The education of youth belongs to the priests, yet they do not take so much care of instructing them in letters, as in forming their minds and manners aright; they use all possible methods to infuse, very early, into the tender and flexible minds of children, such opinions as are both good in themselves and will be useful to their country, for when deep impressions of these things are made at that age, they follow men through the whole course of their lives, and conduce much to preserve the peace of the government, which suffers by nothing more than by vices that rise out of ill opinions.
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By reason of gifts and bribes...
By reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.
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Rose! Thou art the sweetest f...
Rose! Thou art the sweetest flower that ever drank the amber shower:
Even the Gods, who walk the sky, are amourous of thy scented sigh.
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Lord, give me a sense of humo...
Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
Thomas More
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To love God, which was a thin...
To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.
Thomas More
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By confronting us with irredu...
By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life.
Thomas More
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Nobody sees a flower really,i...
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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Nobody owns anything but ever...
Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?
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