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...
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Date of Birth7 February 1478
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.
best days few heavens hours late steal ways
Then awake! the heavens look bright, my dear; / 'Tis never too late for delight, my dear;/ And the best of all ways / To lengthen our days / Is to steal a few hours from the night, my dear!
black came dear glad love soft sure
I never nursed a dear gazelle, / To glad me with its soft black eye, / But when it came to know me well, / And love me, it was sure to die!
dreams half life sweet
There is nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dreams
cut great law road
Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
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
great hear meek men small swallow tame
Your sheep, that were wont to be so meek and tame and so small eaters, now, as I hear say, be become so great devourers, and so wild, that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves.
ashes dead sea turn
Like Dead Sea fruits, that tempt the eye, / But turn to ashes on the lips!
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.
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
heavenly humility shoot sweet virtues
Humility, that low, sweet root, From which all heavenly virtues shoot