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General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.

Edmund Burke

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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Art Creation Essential Man Religion Theory
Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
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Economics Economy Essential Expense True
It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
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Humanity Justice Law Myself Reason
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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Ancestor Past People
The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.
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Domination Greatness
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Kind Learning Man
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
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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Greatness Himself Mistake
Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
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Love Man Power
You can never plan the future by the past.
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Future Past Planning Yourself
Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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Despair Work
A great empire and little minds go ill together.
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Empire Greatness Mindset Togetherness
Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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Destiny History Repeat
Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it’s yellow.
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Freedom Gold Silence Yourself
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
Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
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Affection Animal Creation Social

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