Viscount Bury

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“When it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change.”
—Lucius Cary Falkland, 2nd Viscount (1610–1643)

“Illustrious examples engross, prejudice, and intimidate. They engross our attention, and so prevent a due inspection of ourselves; they prejudice our judgment in favour of their abilities, and so lessen the sense of our own; and they intimidate us with the splendour of their renown, and thus under diffidence bury our strength.”
—Edward Young (1683–1765)