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
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth7 February 1478
gold may use
To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
emotional individuality symptoms
Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
mean punishment would-be
Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody's under the frightful necessity of becoming first a thief and then a corpse.
running wall garden
As for rosemary, I let it run all over my garden walls, not only because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to remembrance and to friendship, whence a sprig of it hath a dumb language.
character men may
A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
uprising hounds
Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
compassion vegan animal-rights
The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our human nature is capable.
running caring roots
Because the soul has such deep roots in personal and social life and its values run so contrary to modern concerns, caring for the soul may well turn out to be a radical act, a challenge to accepted norms.
carpe-diem play make-the-best-of-it
What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
honor would-be ifs
If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
humanity gains add
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.
giving may sense-of-humor
Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
inspirational law reason
I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
anxiety mind wealth
Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?