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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

Edmund Burke

Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them all.
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Director Politics Prudent Standard Virtue
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Caution Wisdom
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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Difference Fatal Religion
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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Multitude Tyranny
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Kind Learning Man
The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
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Credit Invention Knife
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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Abuse Dangerous Greatness Power
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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Greatness Himself Mistake
When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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Fear Knowledge Learning Yourself
Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
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Affection Animal Creation Social
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
Good order is the foundation of all things.
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Foundation Goodness One Liner
An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
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Difficult Impossible Silence Talk
True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.
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Foundation Religion Society Stability True
Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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Despair Work
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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Dangerous Liberty True

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