Quote by Edmund Burke
Whenever our neighbors house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for th

Whenever our neighbors house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own. – Edmund Burke

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Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and curiosity blends itself, more or less, with all our pleasures. – Edmund Burke

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If the grain were separated from the chaff which fills the Works of our National Poets, what is truly valuable would be to what is useless in the proportion of a mole-hill to a mountain. – Edmund Burke

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Always count the cost. – Proverb

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Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy. – E. M. Forster

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When a fox preaches, take care of your geese. – Proverb

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Caution is the parent of safety. – Proverb

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It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women. – Catherine Deneuve

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I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life. – Marlo Thomas

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I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication? – Gene Tierney

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Curiosity doesnt matter any more. These days people dont want to be transported to emotional territories where they dont know how to react. – Hector Babenko