"There are some poisons which, before they kill……" — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
"There are some poisons which, before they kill men, allay pain and diffuse a soothing sensation through the frame. We may recognize the hour of enjoyment they procure, but we must not separate it from the price at which it was purchased."
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William Edward Hartpole Lecky
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20 Quotes by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
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Contraction of theological influence has at once been the best measure, and the essential condition of intellectual advance.
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In proportion to its power, Protestantism has been as persecuting as Catholicism.
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Anxiety and Ennui are the Scylla and Charybdis on which the bark of human happiness is most often wrecked.
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