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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

Edmund Burke

Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe.
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Breathe Corruption Important Law Refine
You can never plan the future by the past.
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Future Past Planning Yourself
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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Achievement Force Ourselves Patience
The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
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Alone Force Government Moments Temporary
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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Difference Fatal Religion
The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
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Greatness Sin Yourself
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
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
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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Multitude Tyranny
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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Flatter Generosity Receive
Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.
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Ability Man Ourselves Regular
The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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Essence Force Law Stupidity
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
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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Digest Eat Reading Reflection
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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Council Evil Hands Irresponsibility Necessary Success Wash

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