Edward F. Halifax

Quote: He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things. [Edward F. Halifax]

Quote: I often think how much easier the world would have been to manage if Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini had been at Oxford. [Edward F. Halifax]

Quote: If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers. [Edward F. Halifax]

Quote: Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it. [Edward F. Halifax]

Quote: Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts. [Edward F. Halifax]

Quote: Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it. [Edward F. Halifax]

Quote: The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you. [Edward F. Halifax]

Quote: Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money. [Edward F. Halifax]

Quote: When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters. [Edward F. Halifax]

Quote: True merit is like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. [Edward F. Halifax]

Quote: A person may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him a prisoner. [Edward F. Halifax]

Quote: Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen. [Edward F. Halifax]

Quote: The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear. [Edward F. Halifax]

Quote: Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one. [Edward F. Halifax]

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