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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#calculators #chivalry #economists #europe #extinguished

I put the weight on after we were together. I put on about 20 pounds when we got married, and people were flipping their lids. And then I put on more after that, and I've gone up and down since then. ↗

— Delta Burke

#after #down #flipping #gone #got

To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#cease #fall #habit #into

I went through all my twenties thinking that I wasn't good enough. ↗

— Delta Burke

#good #i #thinking #through #twenties

I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere. ↗

— George Burns

#anywhere #face #here #i #pleased

In my teens or twenties I wanted to do Blanche. Now I'm over that. Those roles are not attracting me now. Which is odd, because that's what most every actress would want to go do. ↗

— Delta Burke

#attracting #because #blanche #every #go

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#foothold #gain #good #needs #people

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

— Edmund Burke

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It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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