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Quotation from Utopia by Thomas More

“you must not, therefore, abandon the commonwealth, for the same reasons as you should not forsake the ship in a storm because you cannot command the winds.”

Thomas More (spoken by Thomas More (as character))

Utopia, Book I (Discourses of Raphael Hythloday), the dialogue of counsel, trans. Gilbert Burnet

Portrait of Thomas More

More urges Raphael to serve in princes' councils with a philosophy fitted to the occasion.

Citation: "you must not, therefore, abandon the commonwealth, for the same reasons as you should not forsake the ship in a storm because you cannot command the winds." — Thomas More, Utopia, Book I (Discourses of Raphael Hythloday), the dialogue of counsel, trans. Gilbert Burnet. (id utopia-q3)

Virtues: Prudence

Portrait: Isola di Utopia Moro, Original uploader was Marcok at it.wikipedia, Public domain.

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