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Edmund Burke



The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.

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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.

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Edmund Burke
"Reflections on the Revolution in France "
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But whoever is a genuine follower of Truth, keeps his eye steady upon his guide, indifferent whither he is led, provided that she is the leader.

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A Vindication of Natural Society
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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.

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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.

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Edmund Burke
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Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

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Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined by too confident a security.

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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

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