“ Is not that government both unjust and ungrateful, that is so prodigal of it's favors to those called gentlemen, or goldsmiths, or such others who are idle, or live either by flattery or by contriving… Thomas More
“ Your friend Plato holds that commonwealths will only be happy when either philosophers rule or rulers philosophize: how remote happiness must appear when philosophers won't even deign to share their t… Thomas More
“ The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace. Thomas More
“ 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. Thomas More
“ Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. Thomas More
“ But Nature granted to gold and silver no function with which we cannot easily dispense. Human folly has made them precious because they are rare. In contrast, Nature, like a most indulgent mother, has… Thomas More
“ 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. Thomas More
“ If it be a point of humanity for man to bring health and comfort to man, and especially to mitigate and assuage the grief of others, and by taking from them the sorrow and heaviness of life to restore… Thomas More
“ The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a… Thomas More
“ 'Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone All her lovely companions Are faded and gone. Thomas More
“ 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. Thomas More
“ We are all in the same cart, going to execution; how can I hate anyone or wish anyone harm? Thomas More
“ Why do you suppose they made you king in the first place?' I ask him. 'Not for your benefit, but for theirs. They meant you to devote your energies to making their lives more comfortable, and protecti… Thomas More
