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Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost.
Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost.
Blind zeal can only do harm.
[Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.]
Blind zeal can only do harm.
[Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.]
Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment
Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment
Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon
the rights of others.
Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon
the rights of others.
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
Let a good person do good deeds with the same zeal that an evil person does bad ones.
Let a good person do good deeds with the same zeal that an evil person does bad ones.
There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a
nation, than a want of zeal read more
There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a
nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of
their country.
I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield," which
he was afterwards fool enough to expunge: "I do read more
I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield," which
he was afterwards fool enough to expunge: "I do not love a man
who is zealous for nothing."