Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
EDMUND BURKEThe Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Turn over a new leaf.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.
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Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
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Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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A great empire and little minds go ill together.
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Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
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By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.
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