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Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke quotes: Faction is to party what the superlative is to the positive. Party is a political evil, and faction is the worst of all parties.

Faction is to party what the superlative is to the positive. Party is a political evil, and faction is the worst of all parties.

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke quotes: Indifference must be a crime in us, to be ranked but one degree below treachery; for deserting the commonwealth is next to betraying it.

Indifference must be a crime in us, to be ranked but one degree below treachery; for deserting the commonwealth is next to betraying it.

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke quotes: Cunning pays no regard to virtue, and is but the low mimic of reason.

Cunning pays no regard to virtue, and is but the low mimic of reason.

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke quotes: Worry is the only insupportable misfortune of life.

Worry is the only insupportable misfortune of life.

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke quotes: What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us!

What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us!

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke quotes: Our liberty cannot be taken away unless the people are themselves accomplices.

Our liberty cannot be taken away unless the people are themselves accomplices.

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke quotes: The fire of my adversity has purged the mass of my acquaintance.

The fire of my adversity has purged the mass of my acquaintance.

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke quotes: I have read somewhere or other,-in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think,-that history is philosophy teaching by examples.

I have read somewhere or other,-in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think,-that history is philosophy teaching by examples.

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke quotes: A long novitiate of acquaintance should precede the vows of friendship.

A long novitiate of acquaintance should precede the vows of friendship.