No debes extrañarle de ello -me atreví a contestarle delante del Cardenal-: semejante castigo infligido a los ladrones ni es justo ni útil. Es despro… - Thomas More

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No debes extrañarle de ello -me atreví a contestarle delante del Cardenal-: semejante castigo infligido a los ladrones ni es justo ni útil. Es desproporcionadamente cruel como castigo de los robos e ineficaz como remedio. Un robo no es un crimen merecedor de la pena capital. Ni hay castigo tan horrible que prive de robar a quien tiene que comer y vestirse y no halla otro medio de conseguir su sustento.

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Saint Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), also known as Sir Thomas More, was an English lawyer, writer, and politician. He is chiefly remembered for his principled refusal to accept King Henry VIII's claim to be the supreme head of the Church of England, a decision which ended his political career and led to his execution as a traitor. In 1935, four hundred years after his death, More was canonized in the Catholic Church and was later declared the patron saint of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.

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Alternative Names: Sir Thomas More Saint Thomas More Thomas Morus Thomas, Saint More Thomas, Sir More
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When a comedy of Plautus is being played, and the household slaves are cracking trivial jokes together, ou propose to come on stage in the garb of a philosopher, and repeat Seneca's speech to Nero from the Octavia. Wouldn't it be better to take a silent role than to say something wholly inappropriate, and thus turn the play into a tragi-comedy? You pervert a play and ruin it when you add irrelevant speeches, even if they are better than the play itself. So go through with the drama in hand as best you can, and don't spoil it all just because you happen to think of another that would be better.

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