Sir Thomas More Quotes

• ‘Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone.

  Sir Thomas More

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Bloom

• Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion.

  Sir Thomas More

  Topics in Religion

• This wretched brain gave way, and I became a wreck at random driven, without one glimpse of reason or heaven.

  Sir Thomas More

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  Tags in Brain

• They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.

  Sir Thomas More

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Wonder, Gold

• There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets.

  Sir Thomas More

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Different, Religions

• The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.

  Sir Thomas More

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  Tags in Practice, Home

• The light, that lies In woman’s eyes, Has been my heart’s undoing.

  Sir Thomas More

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  Tags in Lies, Eyes

• 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.

  Sir Thomas More

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  Tags in Channels

• See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.

  Sir Thomas More

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  Tags in Safe

• Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

  Sir Thomas More

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Individuality

• One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.

  Sir Thomas More

  Topics in Wisdom

  Tags in Time, Problems

• Oh! blame not the bard.

  Sir Thomas More

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  Tags in Blame

• My only books were woman’s looks, and folly’s all they’ve taught me.

  Sir Thomas More

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  Tags in Books

• If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.

  Sir Thomas More

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  Tags in Honor

• I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

  Sir Thomas More

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Reason, Law

• Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.

  Sir Thomas More

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  Tags in Earth

• He travels best that knows when to return.

  Sir Thomas More

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  Tags in Return

• For when they see the people swarm into the streets, and daily wet to the skin with rain, and yet cannot persuade them to go out of the rain, they do keep themselves within their houses, seeing they cannot remedy the folly of the people.

  Sir Thomas More

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People

• Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.

  Sir Thomas More

  Topics in Memory

• Disguise our bondage as we will, ‘Tis woman, woman, rules us still.

  Sir Thomas More

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Rules, Woman

Sir Thomas More (49)

Birth:	7th February, 1478
Death:	6th July, 1535
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Lawyer, Philosopher, Writer

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