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Zeal will do more than knowledge.
Zeal will do more than knowledge.
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, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl.
ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl.
Blind zeal can only do harm.
Blind zeal can only do harm.
Blind zeal can only do harm.
[Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.]
Blind zeal can only do harm.
[Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.]
But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing,
and not only when I am read more
But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing,
and not only when I am present with you.
Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will,
And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill.
Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will,
And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill.
Zeal is fit only for the wise but is found mostly in fools
Zeal is fit only for the wise but is found mostly in fools
Press bravely onward!--not in vain
Your generous trust in human kind;
The good which bloodshed could not read more
Press bravely onward!--not in vain
Your generous trust in human kind;
The good which bloodshed could not gain
Your peaceful zeal shall find.