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Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke
Age: 68 †
Born: 1729
Born: January 12
Died: 1797
Died: July 9
Philosopher
Politician
Statesman
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Dublin city
Conservative
Wisdom
History
Destined
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Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
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No men can act with effect who do not act in concert no men can act in concert who do not act with confidence no men can act with confidence who are not bound together with common opinions, common affections, and common interests.
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Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude.
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Delusion and weakness produce not one mischief the less, because they are universal.
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Next to love, Sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart.
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History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
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There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.
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