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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I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business. – Edmund Burke

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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. – Edmund Burke

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Change
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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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Beware of one who has nothing to lose. – Italian Proverb

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If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he does not know how wide it is, he will jump, and six times out of ten he will make it. – Proverb

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Be slow of tongue and quick of eye. – Miguel de Cervantes

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The torment of precautions often exceeds often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon ones self to destiny. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Extracting oil from the tar sands is a nasty, polluting, energy-intensive business. – Jeff Goodell

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The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them. – Hank Aaron

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You know, Ive carried a weapon for 10 years, never shot anybody, never robbed anybody. It has saved my life twice, but I know theyre not toys. I practice with firearms, I enjoy shooting, its a hobby of mine and I have a healthy respect for them. – Luke Scott

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