Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is...

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is...

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.

Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The march of the human mind is slow.

The march of the human mind is slow.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

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

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

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

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

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

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law...

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law...

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one,...

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one,...

Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before.

Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before.

Getting over him is a lot harder than it should be.

Getting over him is a lot harder than it should be.