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    I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield," which
    he was afterwards fool enough to expunge: "I do not love a man
    who is zealous for nothing."

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Terms ill defined, and forms misunderstood,
And customs, when their reasons are unknown,
Have stirred up many read more

Terms ill defined, and forms misunderstood,
And customs, when their reasons are unknown,
Have stirred up many zealous souls
To fight against imaginary giants.

by Martin Farquhar Tupper Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing,
and not only when I am read more

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing,
and not only when I am present with you.

by Bible Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity

It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity

by Blaise Pascal Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment

Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment

by Owen Felltham Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a
nation, than a want of zeal read more

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.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be read more

A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.

by Mahatma Gandhi Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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If I had obeyed God, as I have obeyed him, He would not have
punished me.

If I had obeyed God, as I have obeyed him, He would not have
punished me.

by Swamwra Of Basra Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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A Spirit, zealous, as he seemed, to know
More of the Almighty's works, and chiefly Man,
God's read more

A Spirit, zealous, as he seemed, to know
More of the Almighty's works, and chiefly Man,
God's latest image.

by John Milton Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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Let a good person do good deeds with the same zeal that an evil person does bad ones.

Let a good person do good deeds with the same zeal that an evil person does bad ones.

by Shalom Rokeach Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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