Quote#Wisdom
Disciplined inaction
Quote byJames Mackintosh · 1765–1832
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Review of the Causes of the Revolution of 1688 (1834), Chapter VII, paragraph 1..
English (original)
Disciplined inaction.
— James Mackintosh
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The scene was changed. It was a bark that slowly held its way, And o'er its lee the coast of France in the light of evening lay; And on its deck a lady sat, who gazed with tearful eyes Upon the fast receding hills that dim and distant rise.
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