William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Quotes

An eagerness and zeal for dispute on every subject, and with every one, shows great self-sufficiency, that never-failing sign of great self-ignorance.

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

• Failing
• Disputes
• Zeal
• Eagerness
• Sufficiency

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• An eagerness and zeal for dispute on every subject, and with every one, shows great self-sufficiency, that never-failing sign of great self-ignorance.

  

  William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
  • Failing
  • Disputes
  • Zeal