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zeal
«I had looked for happiness in fast living, but it was not there. I tried to find it in money, but it was not there either. But when I placed myself in tune with what I believe to be the fundamental truths of life, when I began to develop my limited ability, to rid my mind of all kinds of tangled thoughts, and fill it with zeal and courage and love, when I gave myself a chance by treating myself decently and sensibly, I began to feel the stimulating, warm glow of happiness.»
Author: Edward Young
(Critic, Dramatist, Poet)
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decently, glow, I Tried, looked-for, sensibly, stimulating, tangle, tangled, tangles, tangle with, treating, tune, zeal
«Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is elan, esprit de corps and determination.»
Author: General George Catlett Marshall
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Mind,
Virtue
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corps, elan, esprit, esprit de corps, loyalty, morale, state of mind, steadfastness, zeal
«The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.»
Author: Louis D. Brandeis
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dangers, encroachment, encroachments, insidious, lurk, well-meaning, zeal
«INTERREGNUM, n. The period during which a monarchical country is governed by a warm spot on the cushion of the throne. The experiment of letting the spot grow cold has commonly been attended by most unhappy results from the zeal of many worthy persons to make it warm again.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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cushion, cushioned, cushions, interregnum, monarchical, zeal
«It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
| About:
Charity,
Zeal
| Keywords:
wounding, zeal
«There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country»
«Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
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Moderation
| Keywords:
acquaintance, foundation, importance, indifference, moderation, proceed, proportioned, prudent, well-proportioned, with moderation, zeal