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> [It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philpot-curran/it-is-the-common-fate-of-the-indolent-to-see-their-rights-become-a/)

[John Philpot Curran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-philpot-curran/)

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## More by John Philpot Curran

> [His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philpot-curran/his-smile-is-like-the-silver-plate-on-a-coffin/)

[John Philpot Curran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-philpot-curran/)

> [Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philpot-curran/assassinate-me-you-may-intimidate-me-you-cannot/)

[John Philpot Curran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-philpot-curran/)

> [But as in wailing there's nought availing, And Death unfailing will strike the blow, Then for that reason, and for a season, Let us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philpot-curran/but-as-in-wailing-there-s-nought-availing-and-death-unfailing-will/)

[John Philpot Curran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-philpot-curran/)

> [Evil prospers when good men do nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philpot-curran/evil-prospers-when-good-men-do-nothing/)

[John Philpot Curran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-philpot-curran/)

> [Madame de Stael talks herself into a beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philpot-curran/madame-de-stael-talks-herself-into-a-beauty/)

[John Philpot Curran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-philpot-curran/)

> [It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God hath given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philpot-curran/it-is-the-common-fate-of-the-indolent-to-see-their-rights-become-prey/)

[John Philpot Curran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-philpot-curran/)

> [“In times of change, learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned are beautifully equipped for a world that no longer exists.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philpot-curran/in-times-of-change-learners-shall-inherit-the-earth-while-the-learned/)

[John Philpot Curran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-philpot-curran/)

> [It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philpot-curran/it-is-the-common-fate-of-the-indolent-to-see-their-rights-become-a/)

[John Philpot Curran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-philpot-curran/)

> [My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philpot-curran/my-dear-doctor-i-am-surprised-to-hear-you-say-that-i-am-coughing-very/)

[John Philpot Curran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-philpot-curran/)

> [When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philpot-curran/when-i-can-t-talk-sense-i-talk-metaphor/)

[John Philpot Curran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-philpot-curran/)

> [I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philpot-curran/i-have-never-yet-heard-of-a-murderer-who-was-not-afraid-of-a-ghost/)

[John Philpot Curran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-philpot-curran/)

> [To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that peoples our forests with assassins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philpot-curran/to-brand-man-with-infamy-and-let-him-free-is-an-absurdity-that/)

[John Philpot Curran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-philpot-curran/)

> [In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philpot-curran/in-this-administration-a-place-can-be-found-for-every-bad-man/)

[John Philpot Curran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-philpot-curran/)

> [The first inventions of commerce are, like those of all other arts, cunning and short-sighted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philpot-curran/the-first-inventions-of-commerce-are-like-those-of-all-other-arts/)

[John Philpot Curran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-philpot-curran/)

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