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Never, no never, did Nature say one thing, and wisdom another.

Never, no never, did Nature say one thing, and wisdom another.

Edmund Burke
Wisdom, Nature, Health
'Letters on a Regicide Peace' Letter 3 (1797)

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

Edmund Burke
Nature, Greatness, Statistics
Speech 'On American Taxation' 19 April 1774

All those instances to be found in history, whether real or fabulous, of a doubtful public spirit, at which morality is perplexed, reason is staggered, and from which affrighted Nature recoils, are their chosen and almost sole examples for the instruction of their youth.

Edmund Burke
Nature, Real, Historical
Edmund Burke (1999). “The Portable Edmund Burke”, p.484, Penguin

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