Quote by Charles Churchill
Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor. - Charles Churchill

Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor. – Charles Churchill

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Why should we fear; and what? The laws?
They all are armed in virtues cause;
And aiming at the self-same end,
Satire is always virtues friend. – Charles Churchill

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A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned. – Arabic Proverb

It is against stupidity in every shape and form that we have to wage our eternal battle. But how can we wonder at the want of sense on the part of those who have had no advantages, when we see such plentiful absence of that commodity on the part of those who have had all the advantages? – William Booth

The sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise. – Bhagavad Gita

To be ignorant of ones ignorance is the malady of the ignorant. – Amos Bronson Alcott

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Anger is a bad counselor. – French Proverb

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If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love. – Mark Twain

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Everybody at home speaks mandarin except me. – Rupert Murdoch

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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture. – Quincy Jones

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