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• All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
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• Know that a word suddenly shot from the tongue is like an arrow shot from the bow. Son, that arrow won't turn… — Rumi
• Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back. — Ben Jonson
• Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, roll darkly down the torrent of his fate. — Samuel Johnson
• Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the… — Unknown Author
• Make yourself a "capacity" and I will make myself a "torrent." — St. Catherine of Siena
• No compact among men . . . can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no… — George Washington
• Is it not high time for the people of this country to explicitly declare whether they will be free men or slaves.… — Samuel Adams
• So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more. — Oliver Goldsmith

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