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People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.

Edmund Burke

Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
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Abandonment Power Willing
The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
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Alone Force Government Moments Temporary
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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Achievement Force Ourselves Patience
There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world.
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Accomplishment God Judgement Moral World
Good order is the foundation of all things.
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Foundation Goodness One Liner
Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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Company Conversation Friendship Goodness Greatness Happiness Live
But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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Age Economics Forever Success
We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
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Greatness Law Nature Obedience Powerful
The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
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Evil Fate Goodness Man Politics Rule
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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Greatness Himself Mistake
Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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Act Evil Failure Goodness Man
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Kind Learning Man
The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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Essence Force Law Stupidity
People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.
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Acceptance Better Fight People Quarrel Try
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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Abuse Dangerous Greatness Power
When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.
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Achievement Greatness Man Object Road View

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