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
blame bards
Oh! blame not the bard.
helping-others giving comfort
Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
marriage wedding hands
Getting married is like putting one's hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.
next theologian stills
It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
distance heaven way
The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
moon islands towns
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.
law giving safety
I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake
spiritual soul vision
By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life.
people dumb despise
Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
writing men dust
For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust.
fear men use
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.
vanity people want
No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want - or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you're better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.
change fall disease
And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others.
safe i-can
See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.