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Quote by Edmund Burke
It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover th

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs. – Edmund Burke

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When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. – Edmund Burke

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The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations. – Edmund Burke

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Liberty
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Restraint and discipline and examples of virtue and justice. These are the things that form the education of the world. – Edmund Burke

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When a nations young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung. – Henry Ward Beecher

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If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else. – Thomas Carlyle

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Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example. – Alexander Pope

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Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage. – Aeschylus, The Suppliant Maidens

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What health is to the body, even that is honesty to the soul. Develop your spirit that it may gain strength to control the body and follow the natural laws of nutrition and hygiene. – Kemetic Wisdom

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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kavanagh, 1849

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Its a miracle to be an actor and to know that you have a job to go to a year from now is a rare thing, so I think peace of mind and financial stability come with that. Hopefully Im a little wiser and have a little more perspective in my life than I did then. – Debra Messing

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