Quotes by Edward F. Halifax

Edward F. Halifax

British Conservative Statesman

Lived from: 1881 - 1959

Category: Politics Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

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  • A person may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him a prisoner.
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  • Esteem to virtue is like a cherishing air to plants and flowers, which maketh them blow and prosper.
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  • Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.
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  • He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things.
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  • I am of an Opinion, in which I am every Day more confirmed by Observation, that Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with Men, or else all the Obligations in the World will not create it. An outward Show may be made to satisfy Decency, and to prevent Reproach; but a real Sense of a kind thing is a Gift of Nature, and never was, nor can be acquired.
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  • I often think how much easier the world would have been to manage if Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini had been at Oxford.
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  • If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.
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  • Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it.
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  • Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.
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  • Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.
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  • Misspending a man's time is a kind of self-homicide.
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  • Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for.
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  • Suspicion is rather a virtue than a fault, as long as it doth like a dog that watcheth, and doth not bite.
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  • The greatest Part of Business of the World, is the Effect of not thinking.
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  • The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.
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  • The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.
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  • Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money.
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  • True merit is like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.
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  • When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters.
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  • Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
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What are the most famous quotes from Edward F. Halifax?

The two most famous quotes from Edward F. Halifax are:

  • "A person may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him a prisoner."
  • "Esteem to virtue is like a cherishing air to plants and flowers, which maketh them blow and prosper."

When did Edward F. Halifax live?

Edward F. Halifax was born in 1881 and died in the year 1959.