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Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.

Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.

Edmund Burke
Men, Thinking, Design
'Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol' (1777) p. 59

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.

Edmund Burke
Real, Men, Design
Edmund Burke (1839). “The Works of Edmund Burke ...”, p.349

There is a sort of enthusiasm in all projectors, absolutely necessary for their affairs, which makes them proof against the most fatiguing delays, the most mortifying disappointments, the most shocking insults; and, what is severer than all, the presumptuous judgement of the ignorant upon their designs.

Edmund Burke
Disappointment, Design, Judgement
"The Works of Edmund Burke in Nine Volumes", Vol. IX, Boston: Little, Brown, 1839.

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