Edmund Burke ( 10 of 111 )
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.
That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity
You can never plan the future by the past.
You can never plan the future by the past.
A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the
world.
A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the
world.
A very great part of the mischiefs that vex this world arises
from words.
A very great part of the mischiefs that vex this world arises
from words.
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. read more
There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
