199 Quotes by Thomas More

Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?

. . . the state of things and the dispositions of men were then such, that a man could not well tell whom he might trust or whom he might fear.

Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

No more like together than is chalke to coles.

To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.

And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves.

It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.

A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.