Quote by Edmund Burke
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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him he indulges it, he loves it but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time. – Edmund Burke

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Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in. – Edmund Burke

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Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old. – Edmund Burke

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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty helps us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial. – Edmund Burke

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The time I kill is killing me. – Mason Cooley

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Im being treated like a sex object, cried the lady. No matter. I will take care of it, said Time soothingly. – Mason Cooley

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I think every entertainers had nights when things go wrong. I mean you cant remember everything all the time, and especially if youre having hard times personally, things going on that you – you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse. – Dolly Parton

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Time and the hour run through the roughest day. – William Shakespeare

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Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions. – Bertolt Brecht

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