Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
EDMUND BURKEApplause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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You can never plan the future by the past.
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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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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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The blood of man should never be shed but to redeem the blood of man. It is well shed for our family, for our friends, for our God, for our country, for our kind. The rest is vanity; the rest is crime.
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
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Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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