Edmund Burke ( 10 of 111 )
All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural
propensities.
All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural
propensities.
To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui read more
There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his
having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument,
"What end or object could the party have had in the act with
which he is accused."
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.
When we speak of the commerce with our colonies, fiction lags
after truth, invention is unfruitful, and imagination cold read more
When we speak of the commerce with our colonies, fiction lags
after truth, invention is unfruitful, and imagination cold and
barren.
The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience
to the will of the Sovereign of read more
The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience
to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in a confidence in His
declarations, and in imitation of His perfections.
Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.
Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.
