It Profits A Man Nothing To Give

Morality's Not Practical. Morality's A Gesture. A Complicated Gesture Learnt From Books.

This Account Of Him [thomas More] Developed As I Wrote: What First Attracted Me Was A Person Who Could Not Be Accused Of Any Incapacity For Life, Who Indeed Seized Life In Great Variety And Almost Greedy Quantities, Who Nevertheless Found Something In Himself Without Which Life Was Valueless And When That Was Denied Him Was Able To Grasp His Death.

The Man Who Tells Lies Hides The Truth, But The Man Who Tells Half-lies Has Forgotten Where He Put It.

Thomas More: Will, I'd Trust You With My Life. But Not Your Principles. You See, We Speak Of Being Anchored To Our Principles. But If The Weather Turns Nasty You Up With An Anchor And Let It Down Where There's Less Wind, And The Fishing's Better. And "look," We Say, "look, I'm Anchored! To My Principles!

Some Men Think The Earth Is Round, Others Think It Flat; It Is A Matter Capable Of Question. But, If It Is Flat, Will The King's Command Make It Round? And, If It Is Round, Will The King's Command Flatten It?