No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
EDMUND BURKEThere is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Turn over a new leaf.
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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years.
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All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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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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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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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.
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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There is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
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