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When the destroyer comes, his first act will be to destroy all the books.
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Nay, tempt me not to love again: There was a time when love was sweet; Dear Nea! had I known thee then, our souls had not been slow to meet! But oh! this weary heart hath run So many a time the rounds of pain, Not even for thee, thou lovely one! Would I endure such pangs again?
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A little wonton money, which burned out the bottom of his purse.

Works

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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.

Utopia

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‘Tis woman, woman, rules us still.
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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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After all, those fine clothes were once worn by a sheep, and they never turned it into anything better than a sheep.
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See, the conquering hero comes!

Sound the trumpets, beat the drums!

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This hath not offended the king.

lifting his beard aside after laying his head on the block

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I pray you, master Lieutenant, see me safe up, and my coming down let me shift for my self.

of mounting the scaffold William Roper Life of Sir Thomas More

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Thomas More (1478-1535) was a central figure of the English Renaissance. A lawyer, judge, and later Lord Chancellor of England, More was a respected intellectual and a close friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam. His most famous work, 'Utopia' (1516), coined the term and presented a critical view of European societies through the description of an imaginary island with a perfect political and social system. His unwavering Catholic faith put him at odds with King Henry VIII when the latter broke with the Roman Catholic Church. More's refusal to swear allegiance to the king as the supreme head of the Church of England led to his imprisonment and subsequent beheading on the Tower of London, and he was canonized by the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More.