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It shuts one door to impudent importunity, only to open another, and a wider, to unpresuming merit.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “It shuts one door to impudent importunity, only to open another, and a wider, to unpresuming merit.”
Editor's note · Context
This statement highlights the balance between rejecting unwarranted demands and recognizing genuine merit.
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