Aids Quote by Edmund Burke

“He that borrows the aid of an equal understanding doubles his own; he that uses that of a superior elevates his own to the stature of that he contemplates.” quote by Edmund Burke — Download Open image

“He that borrows the aid of an equal understanding doubles his own; he that uses that of a superior elevates his own to the stature of that he contemplates.”

Edmund Burke

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A speculative despair is unpardonable where it our duty to act.

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