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Henry Bolingbroke
English
Royalty
About the author
The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.
Henry Bolingbroke,
English
Royalty
#Art
#Cause
#Virtue
#Vice
Nations, like men, have their infancy.
Henry Bolingbroke,
English
Royalty
#Men
#Nations
The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobody's word about them.
Henry Bolingbroke,
English
Royalty
#First
#Word
#Knowledge
#Principles
Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.
Henry Bolingbroke,
English
Royalty
#Virtue
#Patriotism
Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.
Henry Bolingbroke,
English
Royalty
#End
#Man
#Pride
#Contempt