Utopia
Thomas More
Top 10 Best Quotes
“A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.”
“[how can anyone] be silly enough to think himself better than other people, because his clothes are made of finer woolen thread than theirs. After all, those fine clothes were once worn by a sheep, and they never turned it into anything better than a sheep.”
“You wouldn't abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn't control the winds.”
“Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody's under the frightful necessity of becoming first a thief and then a corpse.”
“Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?”
“Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.”
“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 protecting them from injustice. So your job is to see that they're all right, not that you are - just as a shepherd's job, strictly speaking, is to feed his sheep, not himself.”
“Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.”
“Nor can they understand why a totally useless substance like gold should now, all over the world, be considered far more important than human beings, who gave it such value as it has, purely for their own convenience.”
“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.”
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opinions, animalistic, renaissance, fashion, human-nature, clothing, humorous, philosophy, public-office, beauty, politics
