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Thomas More

Thomas More

Born 1478 · Died 1535

From London, England, United Kingdom · Nationality: Kingdom of England · Writes fiction and nonfiction

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Quotes

  • “For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble: and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust.”
    Richard III and His Miserable End 1543
  • “See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.”
    On ascending the platform to his execution, as quoted in History of England 185
  • “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, Chapter 6
  • “If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.”
    Attributed in Lives That Made a Difference: An RSME Book for Schools 2011 by P

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Books by Thomas More in order

Books by Thomas More in the order they were published, from The Utopia Of Sir Thomas More (1518) to Dialogue Concerning Heresies (2006).

  1. 1The Utopia Of Sir Thomas MoreThe Utopia Of Sir Thomas More1518
  2. 2The Last Letters of Thomas MoreThe Last Letters of Thomas More2000
  3. 3Dialogue Concerning HeresiesDialogue Concerning Heresies2006
  4. 4A Dialogue of Comfort Against TribulationA Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation
  5. 5A Dyaloge Wherin Be Treatyd Dyvers MatersA Dyaloge Wherin Be Treatyd Dyvers Maters
  6. 6A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Beste State of a PublA Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Beste State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Vtopia
  7. 7A Translation of St. Thomas More's Responsio Ad LutherumA Translation of St. Thomas More's Responsio Ad Lutherum
  8. 8Conscience Decides; Letters and Prayers from Prison Written Conscience Decides; Letters and Prayers from Prison Written by Sir Thomas More Between April 1534 and July 1535
  9. 9Richard IIIRichard III
  10. 10Selected LettersSelected Letters
  11. 11Sir Thomas More, the UtopiaSir Thomas More, the Utopia
  12. 12St. Thomas MoreSt. Thomas More
  13. 13The Common-vvealth of UtopiaThe Common-vvealth of Utopia
  14. 14The Complete Works of St. Thomas MoreThe Complete Works of St. Thomas More
  15. 15The Four Last ThingsThe Four Last Things
  16. 16The History of King Richard IIIThe History of King Richard III
  17. 17The History of King Richard the ThirdThe History of King Richard the Third
  18. 18The Sadness of ChristThe Sadness of Christ
  19. 19The Wisdom and Wit of Blessed Thomas MoreThe Wisdom and Wit of Blessed Thomas More
  20. 20The Yale Edition of The Complete Works of St. Thomas MoreThe Yale Edition of The Complete Works of St. Thomas More
  21. 21Thomas More's Prayer BookThomas More's Prayer Book
  22. 22Three Early Modern Utopias: Thomas More: UtopiaThree Early Modern Utopias: Thomas More: Utopia
  23. 23Utopia and A Dialogue of ComfortUtopia and A Dialogue of Comfort
  24. 24Utopia with the 'Dialogue of Comfort'Utopia with the 'Dialogue of Comfort'

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