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A minute display of hopes formed without foundation and of labors pursued without fruit is a thing not very flattering to self-estimation.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “A minute display of hopes formed without foundation and of labors pursued without fruit is a thing not very flattering…”
Editor's note · Context
He critiques the futility of pursuing ungrounded hopes and efforts that yield no results.
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