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

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Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the double path read more

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.

by Buddha 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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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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ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl.

ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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Zealous, not modest.

Zealous, not modest.

by James Beattie Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge
is lost; let a man who knows this double read more

Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge
is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss
thus place himself that knowledge may grow.

by Bible 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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I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield," which
he was afterwards fool enough to expunge: "I do read more

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."

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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Blind zeal can only do harm.

Blind zeal can only do harm.

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