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Quote by Edmund Burke
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Cori

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. – Edmund Burke

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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling it never forgives preaching of a new gospel. – Edmund Burke

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Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and curiosity blends itself, more or less, with all our pleasures. – Edmund Burke

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In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits. – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive? – Irv Kupcinet

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