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For zeal's a dreadful termagant,
That teaches saints to tear and cant.
For zeal's a dreadful termagant,
That teaches saints to tear and cant.
Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to read more
Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.
Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others
Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others
We do that in our zeal our calmer moment would be afraid to
answer.
We do that in our zeal our calmer moment would be afraid to
answer.
Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
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.
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."
Zeal will do more than knowledge.
Zeal will do more than knowledge.
