Edward F. Halifax

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The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.


— Edward F. Halifax


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True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.


— Edward F. Halifax


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A person may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him a prisoner.


— Edward F. Halifax


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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.


— Edward F. Halifax


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He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things.


— Edward F. Halifax


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Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way.


— Edward F. Halifax


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Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it.


— Edward F. Halifax


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Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.


— Edward F. Halifax


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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.


— Edward F. Halifax


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The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.


— Edward F. Halifax


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