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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of actin

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. – Edmund Burke

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When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer. – Edmund Burke

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Rules
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I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business. – Edmund Burke

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Business
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. – Edmund Burke

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Age
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We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear. – King Hussein

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The fear of becoming a has-been keeps some people from becoming anything. – Eric Hoffer

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Fear

A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear. – Jack Nicholson

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Fear

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Style is the image of character. – Edward Gibbon

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Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up. – Mahatma Gandhi

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When I grew up we had gym at school, two or three dance classes after school, ice skating lessons, and all sorts of sports at our finger tips. We werent glued to computers because they didnt exist, so being active was all we knew. – Lisa Loeb

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She thinks your lady-love will rule you as the moon rules the tides. – George Eliot, Adam Bede

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