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But virtue too, as well as vice, is clad in flesh and blood. — Edmund Waller

Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure. — Edmund Burke

When I was in college at Amherst, my father asked me a favor: to take one course in economics. I loved it - for the challenge of its mysteries. — Edmund Phelps

He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw. — Edmund Spenser

The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own. — Edmund Burke

Strong motivation is the most important factor in getting you to the top — Edmund Hillary

I asked my body if it was going to die or not from AIDS. And it said 'no.' I sort of paid attention to that. — Edmund White

Neither the few nor the many have a right to act merely by their will, in any matter connected with duty, trust, engagement, or obligation. — Edmund Burke

Fondnesse it were for any being free,
To covet fetters, though they golden bee. — Edmund Spenser

So passeth, in the passing of a day,
Of mortall life the leafe, the bud, the flowre — Edmund Spenser

I learned have, not to despise,What ever thing seemes small in common eyes. — Edmund Spenser

I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about. — Edmund Wilson

I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men. — Edmund Hillary

The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws. — Edmund Burke

He that accuses all mankind of corruption ought to remember that he is sure to convict only one. — Edmund Burke

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference. — Edmund Burke

This iron world bungs down the stoutest hearts to lowest state; for misery doth bravest minds abate. — Edmund Spenser

This sort of people are so taken up with their theories about the rights of man that they have totally forgotten his nature. — Edmund Burke

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. — Edmund Burke

Who will not mercy unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have? — Edmund Spenser

Not to be too grandiose about it, but in a way I see myself like Sir Edmund Hillary. The water was my Everest. — Lewis Gordon Pugh

The merry cuckow, messenger of Spring, His trumpet shrill hath thrice already sounded. — Edmund Spenser

Guy believed everything in sex should be done slowly so as not to scare the wildlife and to ensure his own natural grace and poise. — Edmund White

Paris can be like the land of the Lotus-Eaters. You can't leave. — Edmund White

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor. - Edmund Spenser — Anthony Robbins

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination. — Edmund Burke

Where mystery begins religion ends. — Edmund Burke

Democrats and Republicans have been very keen to make home ownership almost a national purpose. — Edmund Phelps

One source of the sublime is infinity. — Edmund Burke

A representative owes not just his industry but his judgement — Edmund Burke

So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould. — Edmund Waller

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. — Edmund Burke

The future comes like an unwelcome guest. — Edmund Gosse

Just think of dick as pussy on a stick. — Edmund White

All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss. — Edmund Spenser

Genius does not need a special language; it uses newly whatever tongue it finds. — Edmund Clarence Stedman

Who would think it possible to redirect historical scholarship by explaining what Thomas Jefferson said in the Declaration of Independence? — Edmund Morgan

Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine. — Edmund Wilson

Christ's suffering was redemptive not because suffering itself is redemptive, but because Christ himself is the Redeemer — Edmund P. Clowney

They kept flipping back and forth, but it wasn't clear which was the more exquisitely pleasurable pain, to penetrate or to be penetrated. — Edmund White

Had he already inspired a passion in some stranger's heart? — Edmund White

To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness. — Edmund Husserl

The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves. — Edmund Burke

We infinitely desire peace, and the surest way of obtaining it is to show that we are not afraid of war. — Edmund Morris

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. — Edmund Blake

All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing. — Edmund Burke

The Patron of true Holinesse,
Foule Errour doth defeate:
Hypocrisie him to entrappe,
Doth to his home entreate. — Edmund Spenser

Our morality system has become a mechanical device for protecting us against ourselves; it is the handiwork of terror. — Harold Edmund Stearns

Religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort. — Edmund Burke

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man. — Edmund Burke

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis. — Edmund Burke

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants. — Edmund Burke

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident a security. — Edmund Burke

Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it. — Edmund Hillary

I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too. — Edmund Hillary

Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. — Edmund Burke

Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired: Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. — Edmund Waller

A child can identify with adult characters- but only if they are sympathetically drawn and simple enough. — Edmund Wallace Hildick

It is the mind that maketh good of ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor. — Edmund Spenser

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver, and adulation is not of more service to the people than to kings. — Edmund Burke

It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it. — Edmund Hillary

Expertise and judgment in the art of lending for novel ventures must be reacquired. — Edmund Phelps

The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life. — Edmund Hillary

I've been wondering if in fact ideal platonic love isn't just an intensely concentrated form of what inspires the best teachers. — Edmund Marlowe

Society is indeed a contract ... It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. — Edmund Burke

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. — Edmund Burke

A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood. — Edmund Burke

As a youngster I was a great dreamer, reading many books of adventure and walking lonely miles with my head in the clouds. — Edmund Hillary

With languages, you can move from one social situation to another. With languages, you are at home anywhere. — Edmund De Waal

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men. — Edmund Burke

Suffering does make us more sensitive until it crushes us completely. — Edmund White

Economists of a classical bent lay a large part of the decline of employment, and thus lagging output, to a contraction of labour supply. — Edmund Phelps

The poet is a creator, not an iconoclast, and never will tamely endeavor to say in prose what can only be expressed in song. — Edmund Clarence Stedman

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts. — Edmund Burke

England and Ireland may flourish together. The world is large enough for both of us. Let it be our care not to make ourselves too little for it. — Edmund Burke

Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents. — Edmund Leach

When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable. — Edmund Hillary

In the 1970s in New York everyone slept till noon. — Edmund White

Between optimism and pessimism, there is confidence in God. — Edmund Campion

The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little. — Edmund Burke

I didn't do my work for money or prizes - only for the excitement of discovery. — Edmund Phelps

[...] one louing howre
For many yeares of sorrow can dispence:
A dram of sweet is worth a pound of sowre — Edmund Spenser

All men have equal rights, but not to equal things. — Edmund Burke

Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud. — Edmund Phelps

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed. — Edmund Burke

All for love, and nothing for reward. — Edmund Spenser

She bathed with roses red,
And violets blew.
And all the sweetest flowres
That in the forrest grew. — Edmund Spenser

The recognition by a people that their prosperity depends on the breadth and depth of their innovative activity is of huge importance. Nations unaware — Edmund S. Phelps

Teach me, O lark! with thee to greatly rise, to exalt my soul and lift it to the skies. — Edmund Burke

Christians in community must again show the world, not merely family values, but the bond of the love of Christ. — Edmund Clowney

How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair! — Edmund Waller

The need to encourage entrepreneurship and ensure that young people have the opportunity to start new businesses is acute. — Edmund Phelps

No two person, ever read the same book. — Edmund Wilson

But whoever is a genuine follower of Truth, keeps his eye steady upon his guide, indifferent whither he is led, provided that she is the leader. — Edmund Burke

Italy and France could lop off their excessive wealth through a one-time tax on private wealth. — Edmund Phelps

You just hope, if you make things as I do, that they can make their way in the world and have some longevity. — Edmund De Waal

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice. — Edmund Burke

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe. — Edmund Burke

Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their appetites. — Edmund Burke

For easy things, that may be got at will, Most sorts of men do set but little store. — Edmund Spenser