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Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others. - Pasquier Quesnel Tell zeal it lacks devotion. - Sir Walter Raleigh (1) My hat is in the ring. - Theodore Roosevelt, said in Cleveland, when on his way to Columbus, Ohio People are zealous for a cause when they are not quite positive that it is true. - Bertrand Arthur William Russell In the ardor of pursuit men soon forget the goal from which they start. - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller The zeal of friends it is that razes me, And not the hate of enemies. [Ger., Der Freunde Eifer ist's, der mich Zu Grunde richtet, nicht der Hass der Feinde.] - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, Wallenstein's Tod (III, 18, last lines) We do that in our zeal our calmer moment would be afraid to answer. - Sir Walter Scott, Woodstock (heading of ch. XVII) A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions. - Sir Philip Sidney (Sydney) What I object to Scotch philosophers in general is, that they reason upon man as they would upon a divinity; they pursue truth without caring if it be useful truth. - Sydney Smith Do not too many believe no zeal to be spiritual but what is censorious or vindictive? Whereas no zeal is spiritual that is not also charitable. - Thomas Sprat If I had obeyed God, as I have obeyed him, He would not have punished me. - Swamwra of Basra, to the Governor of Basra when deposed by the Caliph, see "Ibnu'l Athir", vol. III, p. 412 (ed. Tomberg) Violent zeal for truth has a hundred to one odds to be either petulancy, ambition, or pride. - Jonathan Swift Not too much zeal. - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together. - Jeremy Taylor Some things will not bear much zeal; and the more earnest we are about them, the less we recommend ourselves to the approbation of sober and considerate men. - John Tillotson Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools. - John Tillotson Terms ill defined, and forms misunderstood, And customs, when their reasons are unknown, Have stirred up many zealous souls To fight against imaginary giants. - Martin Farquhar Tupper, Proverbial Philosophy--Of Tolerance The good which bloodshed could not gain your peaceful zeal shall find. - John Greenleaf Whittier Press bravely onward!--not in vain Your generous trust in human kind; The good which bloodshed could not gain Your peaceful zeal shall find. - John Greenleaf Whittier, To the Reformers of England God approves the depth, but not the tumult, of the soul. - William Wordsworth On such a theme it were impious to be calm; passion is reason, transport, temper, here! - Edward Young Displaying page 3 of 3 for this topic: << Prev 1 2 [3]
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