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Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief,…
Quote byWilliam Shenstone · 1714–1763
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Essays on Men and Manners (1764), "Of Men and Manners" XIV, p. 138..
English (original)
Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are shewing you the grounds of it.
— William Shenstone
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