51 Thought-Provoking Quotes By Thomas More To Ponder
A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
You wouldn't abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn't control the winds.
One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.
What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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.
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.
Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.
Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?
Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
Love rules without rules
What is deferred is not avoided.
If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.
I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.
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The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.
Anticipated spears wound less.
Some men may be snared by beauty alone, but none can be held except by virtue and compliance.
There is nothing more inglorious than that glory that is gained by war
God made the angels to show Him splendor, as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But Man He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of his mind.
Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
Let them speak as lewdly as they list of me...as long as they do not hit me, what am I the worse?
No, do the best you can to make the present production a success - don't spoil the entire play just because you happen to think of another one that you'd enjoy rather more.
No man shall be blamed in the maintenance of his own religion.
Fortune doth both raise up the low and pluck down the high.
An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
Men be so foolish as to have delight and pleasure in the doubtful glistering of a trifling little stone, which may behold any of the stars or else the sun itself.
The devil…the prowde spirite…cannot endure to be mocked.
The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.
