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Woman is not made to be the admiration of everybody , but the happiness of one.

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
Happiness
Woman
Made
Admiration
Everybody

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Vice incapacitates a man from all public duty it withers the powers of his under- standing, and makes his mind paralytic.
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Gambling is a principle inherent in human nature.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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The question is not whether you have a right to render people miserable, but whether it is not in your best interest to make them happy.
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Refined policy ever has been the parent of confusion, and ever will be so as long as the world endures. Plain good intention, which is as easily discovered at the first view as fraud is surely detected at last, is of no mean force in the government of mankind.
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What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes, you must first possess the means of knowing the fitness of your man and then you must retain some hold upon him by personal obligation or dependence.
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