Zeal quotes
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I have more zeal than wit.
-- Alexander Pope -
The zeal of fools offends at any time.
-- Alexander Pope -
Not grace, or zeal, love only was my call, And if I lose thy love, I lose my all.
-- Alexander Pope -
False zeal is every day bringing true zeal into disrepute.
-- Charles Tomlinson -
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When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.
-- Confucius -
The zeal of friends it is that razes me, And not the hate of enemies.
-- Friedrich Schiller -
Nothing hath wrought more prejudice to religion, or brought more disparagement upon truth, than boisterous and unseasonable zeal.
-- Isaac Barrow -
Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
-- John Dryden -
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Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
-- John Dryden -
If our zeal were true and genuine we should be much more angry with a sinner than a heretic.
-- Joseph Addison -
There is nothing in which men more deceive themselves than in what they call zeal.
-- Joseph Addison -
Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others.
-- Pasquier Quesnel -
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Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
-- Sir John Davies -
We are often moved with passion and think it to be zeal.
-- Thomas a Kempis -
It would seem that zeal is not an effect of love. For zeal is a beginning of contention.
-- Thomas Aquinas -
Our zeal is always guided by charity. Everything is done with strength and gentleness.
-- Basil Moreau -
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The zeal of atheists is the most admirable thing about them.
-- Dale Ahlquist