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Edward F. Halifax Quotes

«True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes»
Author: Edward F. Halifax (Statesman) | Keywords: River The
«Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for.»
«The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.»
Author: Edward F. Halifax (Statesman) | Keywords: plainer
«Misspending a man's time is a kind of self-homicide.»
«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.»
«Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it.»
«I often think how much easier the world would have been to manage if Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini had been at Oxford.»
«Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way.»
«He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things.»
«Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money.»