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“Zeal is fit only for the wise but is found mostly in fools”
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“Zeal will do more than knowledge.”
William Hazlitt Quotes |
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“Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.”
Thomas Henry Huxley Quotes |
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“Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.”
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“Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment”
Owen Felltham Quotes |
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“It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity”
Blaise Pascal Quotes |
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“Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.”
Kahlil Gibran Quotes |
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“Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others”
Oliver Goldsmith Quotes |
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“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.”
Joseph Addison Quotes Source: Freeholder (no. 5)
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“Zealous, not modest.”
James Beattie Quotes Source: The Minstrel (bk. I, st. 11)
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“But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing,
and not only when I am present with you.”
Bible Quotes Source: Galatians (ch. IV, v. 18)
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“For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not
according to knowledge.”
Bible Quotes Source: Romans (ch. X, v. 2)
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“Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge
is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss
thus place himself that knowledge may grow.”
Bible Quotes Source: Romans (ch. X, v. 2)
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“For zeal's a dreadful termagant,
That teaches saints to tear and cant.”
Samuel Butler (1) Quotes Source: Hudibras (pt. III, canto II, l. 673)
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“Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve,
And press with vigour on;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.”
Philip Doddridge Quotes Source: Zeal and Vigour in the Christian Race
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“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."”
Samuel Johnson Quotes Source: Boswell's Life of Johnson
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“Blind zeal can only do harm.
[Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.]”
Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer Quotes Source: Die Katzen under der Hausherr
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“A Spirit, zealous, as he seemed, to know
More of the Almighty's works, and chiefly Man,
God's latest image.”
John Milton Quotes Source: Paradise Lost (bk. IV, l. 565)
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“But his zeal
None seconded, as out of season judged,
Or singular and rash.”
John Milton Quotes Source: Paradise Lost (bk. V, l. 849)
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“But zeal moved thee;
To please thy gods thou didst it!”
John Milton Quotes Source: Samson Agonistes (l. 895)
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“Zeal then, not charity, became the guide.”
Alexander Pope Quotes Source: Essay on Man (ep. 111, l. 261)
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“I have more zeal than wit.”
Alexander Pope Quotes Source: Imitations of Horace (bk. II, satire VI, l. 56)
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“Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will,
And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill.”
Alexander Pope Quotes Source: Moral Essays (ep. II, l. 185)
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“Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon
the rights of others.”
Alexander Pope Quotes Source: Moral Essays (ep. II, l. 185)
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“My hat is in the ring.”
Theodore Roosevelt Quotes Source: said in Cleveland, when on his way to Columbus, Ohio
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