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
cut great law road
Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
men law rights
Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.
law giving safety
I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake
government law leader
Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
inspirational matter lawyer
Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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.
inspirational law reason
I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
engaged events exposed human life
To be educated, a person doesn't have to know much or be informed, but he or she does have to have been exposed vulnerably to the transformative events of an engaged human life
eternity everyday fates individual life marriage married mysteries souls time timeless together weaving
Marriage is an Athenic weaving together of families, of two souls with their individual fates and destinies, of time and eternity - everyday life married to the timeless mysteries of the soul.
far grave heart hero land lovers round turns
She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, / And lovers are round her, sighing:/ But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, / For her heart in his grave is lying.
ashes dead sea turn
Like Dead Sea fruits, that tempt the eye, / But turn to ashes on the lips!
hang roses round scent shatter
You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, / But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
dreams half life sweet
There is nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dreams
concerning differ governs supreme though whom
And, indeed, though they differ concerning other things, yet all agree in this: that they think there is one Supreme Being that made and governs the world, whom they call, in the language of their country, Mithras.