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Rage can destroy in half an hour what prudence takes a hundred years to build
Drawn from what Edmund Burke said
What Edmund Burke actually said
- Edmund Burke Irish-born British statesman and political philosopher (1729 to 1797)
Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years.
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↗Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)gutenberg.org
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