Thomas More
Thomas More
Sir Thomas More, venerated by Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. He was also a councillor to Henry VIII, and Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to 16 May 1532...
NationalityEnglish
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Date of Birth7 February 1478
art flower sky
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.
men dying might
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and of dying for it.
kings men lions
I should only ever tell the king what he ought to do, not what he could do. For if the lion knows his own strength, no man could control him.
men vanity invention
It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
flower wine age-love
What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine
people matter lawyer
They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.
kings smart men
One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.
avoided
What is deferred is not avoided.
men justice gold
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.
rain people house
For when they see the people swarm into the streets, and daily wet to the skin with rain, and yet cannot persuade them to go out of the rain, they do keep themselves within their houses, seeing they cannot remedy the folly of the people.
wise medicine wish
It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
men water parent
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.
encouragement giving grace
The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
kindness heart men
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.