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When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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Fun without sell gets nowhere but sell without fun tends to become obnoxious. ↗

— Leo Burnett

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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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Ambition can creep as well as soar. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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We don't grow unless we take risks. Any successful company is riddled with failures. ↗

— James E. Burke

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That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds. ↗

— James Lee Burke

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