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Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them all.
Edmund Burke
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Edmund Burke
Age: 68 †
Born: 1729
Born: January 12
Died: 1797
Died: July 9
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A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very little way towards informing us of the nature of the thing defined.
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A jealous lover lights his torch from the firebrand of the fiend.
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Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
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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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It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
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Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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To be struck with His power, it is only necessary to open our eyes.
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The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.
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