Edward F. Halifax Quotes

"True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes."
- Edward F. Halifax
(Related: Merit)

"The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear."
- Edward F. Halifax
(Related: Beauty, Dress)

"The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you."
- Edward F. Halifax
(Related: Name, Numbers)

"Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for."
- Edward F. Halifax
(Related: Anger, Men, Religion, Care, Lady, Quarrel)

"Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it."
- Edward F. Halifax
(Related: Men, Ignorance, Party, Shame)

"Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way."
- Edward F. Halifax
(Related: Hope, Company, Wrong)

"He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things."
- Edward F. Halifax
(Related: Chance, Nothing, Will)

"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
(Related: Men, Gratitude, Will, World)

"A person may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him a prisoner."
- Edward F. Halifax
(Related: Thought, May)

"When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters."
- Edward F. Halifax
(Related: People, Victory, Liberty)

"Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts."
- Edward F. Halifax
(Related: Men, Opinions)