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.
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.
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
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.
bay channel enter great known pilots stranger
The channel is known only to the natives; so that if any stranger should enter into the bay without one of their pilots he would run great danger of shipwreck.
burned money
A little wanton money, which burned out the bottom of his purse.
close heart loved loves truly
The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close