Quote by Edmund Burke
To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. – Edmund Burke

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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation. – Edmund Burke

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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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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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Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow. – Chief Joseph

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Theres no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational. – Albert Ellis

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Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. – Napoleon Hill

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You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They dont seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together. – Henry Ford

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