Thoughts of thomas more
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How necessary was the care of the Creator in making the moral principle so much a part of our constitution as that no errors reasoning or of speculation might lead us astray from its observance in practice.
Thomas Jefferson
A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.
Thomas Browne, Sr.
Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy!
Thomas Carlyle
Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain combinations of the head. Nature laid their foundation, therefore, in sentiment, not in science.
Thomas Jefferson
Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.
Thomas Hughes
A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their magistrate.
Thomas Jefferson
I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.
Thomas Jefferson
War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.
Thomas Jefferson
I served with General Washington in the Legislature of Virginia... and... with Dr. Franklin in Congress. I never heard either of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point.
Thomas Jefferson
One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful.
Thomas Arnold
A friendship like love is warm; a love like friendship is steady.
Thomas More
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
Thomas Jefferson
Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction.
Thomas Jefferson
Extraordinary creature! So close a friend, and yet so remote.
Thomas Mann
Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
Thomas Jefferson
Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
Thomas Jefferson
In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.
St. Thomas Aquinas
Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work.
Thomas Alva Edison
If Jesus Christ were to come today people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner; and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.
Thomas Carlyle
If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.
Thomas Alva Edison
