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R. H. Tawney Quotes: Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them.
         

Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them.


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Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them.
         



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An erring colleague is not an Amalkite to be smitten hip and thigh.



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The characteristic virtue of Englishmen is power of sustained practical activity and their characteristic vice a reluctance to test the quality of that activity by reference to principles.



When men have gone so far as to talk as though their idols have come to life, it is time that someone broke them.

When men have gone so far as to talk as though their idols have come to life, it is time that someone broke them.



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The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.



Virtues are often conquered by vices, but their rout is most complete when it is inflicted by other virtues, more militant, more efficient, or more congenial.

Virtues are often conquered by vices, but their rout is most complete when it is inflicted by other virtues, more militant, more efficient, or more congenial.





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