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Famous E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Quotes
“The several sorts of religion in the world are little more than so many spiritual monopolies.”
“Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility.”
“Power is so apt to be insolent and Liberty to be saucy, that they are seldom upon good Terms.”
“True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.”
“The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.”
“Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.”
“If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.”
“Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it.”
“A person may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him a prisoner.”
“The more arguments you win, the less friends you will have”
“There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill natured.”
“Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way.”
“The best party is but a kind of conspiracy against the rest of the nation.”