Quote by Edmund Burke
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There is a boundary to mens passions when they act from feelings but none when they are under the influence of imagination. – Edmund Burke

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Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations – wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco. – Edmund Burke

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Men
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. – Edmund Burke

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Government
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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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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them. – Pablo Picasso

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Imagination

The power of imagination makes us infinite. – John Muir

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. – Albert Einstein

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Imagination

How can a doctor judge a womans sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the sick ones know it is useless to say anything, for the answer will be that it is their imagination. – Nellie Bly

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Imagination

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Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence. – Oscar Wilde

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I think theres been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. – Dave Davies

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Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive. – Franz Kafka

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If a woman must make a fool of herself, the least a man can do is to let her be one in her own way. – When Ladies Meet, 1941 movie written by Rachel Crothers, John Meehan, Leon Gordo

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