Silver Plate Quotes by John Philpot Curran

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John Philpot Curran has 11 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.
• It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God…
• I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost.
• When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor.
• Evil prospers when good men do nothing.
• Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot.
• To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that peoples our forests with assassins.
• My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all…
• In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man.
• It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active.
• Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

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