Henry Bolingbroke

Nations, like men, have their infancy. ↗

— Henry Bolingbroke

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Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue. ↗

— Henry Bolingbroke

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Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt. ↗

— Henry Bolingbroke

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The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue. ↗

— Henry Bolingbroke

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The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobody's word about them. ↗

— Henry Bolingbroke

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