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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke
Age: 68 †
Born: 1729
Born: January 12
Died: 1797
Died: July 9
Philosopher
Politician
Statesman
Writer
Dublin city
Inspirational
Art
Men
Remaking
Life
Essentially
Finished
Creation
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Religion

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Contempt is not a thing to be despised. It may be borne with a calm and equal mind, but no man, by lifting his head high, can pretend that he does not perceive the scorns that are poured down on him from above.
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I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country churchyard than in the tomb of the Capulets.
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A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
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It is undoubtedly true, though it may seem paradoxical,--but, in general, those who are habitually employed in finding and displaying faults are unqualified for the work of reformation.
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