A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
EDMUND BURKEThe first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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Equity money is dynamic and debt money is static.
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The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.
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Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
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Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
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By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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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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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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