Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury Quotes

• Faith makes all evil good to us, and all good better; unbelief makes all good evil, and all evil worse. Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf.

  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

  Evil, Laughing, Leafs

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• The vast majority of the peoples of the world are against war and against aggression. If they make their wishes known and effective, war can be stopped. It all depends on whether they are willing to make the effort necessary for the purpose. For, that it will require an effort, no one who considers the history of the world on these subjects can doubt.

  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

  War, Effort, Doubt

  "The Future of Civilization". Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury's Nobel lecture, www.nobelprize.org. June 1, 1938.

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• Virtue consists in avoiding scandal and venereal disease.

  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

  Disease, Scandal, Virtue

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• People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh.

  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

  Mean, People, Looks

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