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He was not merely a chip off the old block, but the old block itself.

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
Chip
Chips
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Merely
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All virtue which is impracticable is spurious.
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Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.
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He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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