Quote by Edmund Burke
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. - Edm

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. – Edmund Burke

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

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Society
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It is hard to say whether doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery. – Edmund Burke

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Justice & Law
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Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. – Mark Twain

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Books

The naturalistic literature of this country has reached such a state that no family of characters is considered true to life which does not include at least two hypochondriacs, one sadist, and one old man who spills food down the front of his vest. – Robert Benchley

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Books
[W]omen and books should be looked at daily. – Dutch Proverb

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Books

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is the only way of discovering what they contain. A few savage tribes eat them, but reading is the only method of assimilation revealed to the West. – E.M. Forster

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Books

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Dreams have always expanded our understanding of reality by challenging our boundaries of the real, of the possible. – Henry Reed

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Dreams

It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Curiosity

Life is the greatest of blessings and death the worst of evils…. all great, powerful souls love life. – Heinrich Heine (d.1856), “Ideas: Book Le Grand,” 1826, translated from German by

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Life

Ive had a fair amount of experience with snakes, and I find them to be pretty honest in terms of how you read their body language and emotions. Theyll tell you when theyre grumpy. Theyll tell you when theyre okay. – Dominic Monaghan

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Experience