Statesmen of a more judicious prescience look for the fortunate moment too; but they seek it, not in the conjunctions and oppositions of planets, but in the conjunctions and oppositions of men and things.
Burke emphasizes the importance of understanding human dynamics over astrological beliefs in political decision-making.
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In all this procedure I can discern neither the solid sense of plain dealing nor the subtle dexterity of ingenious fraud.
Not being illuminated with the light of which the gentlemen of France tell us they have got so abundant a share, they acted under a strong impression of the ignorance and fallibility of mankind.
It was not made to entice the smell of a mole, nuzzling and burying himself in his mother earth, as yours is.
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