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Quote by William Cowper
Fanaticism soberly defined, is the false fire of an over heated mi

Fanaticism soberly defined, is the false fire of an over heated mind. – William Cowper

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The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged. – William Cowper

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Forced from home, and all its pleasures, afric coast I left forlorn; to increase a strangers treasures, o the raging billows borne. Men from England bought and sold me, paid my price in paltry gold; but, though theirs they have enrolld me, minds are never to be sold. – William Cowper

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Nothing fools people as much as extreme passion. – Bishop Hall

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There is no place in a fanatics head where reason can enter. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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So over violent, or over civil that every man with him was God or Devil. – John Dryden

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A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt. – Aldous Huxley

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