Thomas More Quotes


It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.


Citations

More, Thomas. Utopia. Translated by Gilbert Burnet, Cassell & Company, 1901, p. 119.

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Thomas More
Thomas More
  • Born: February 7, 1478
  • Died: July 6, 1535
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Author

Sir Thomas More, venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, which describes the political system of an imaginary island state.