And albeit, Master Rich, that I have in my time, as I think, as great a mind as any man, to please the King, yet I never thought, nor never will think, but that my soul is more to me than my body.
Utopia
During his trial, as recorded in 'The History of King Richard the Third' by Thomas More (though this particular quote is from his trial and not that work)
1535
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