Edmund Burke ( 10 of 111 )
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look
backward to their ancestors.
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look
backward to their ancestors.
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.
Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.
It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary
ideas of criminal justice to this read more
It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary
ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not
know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole
people.
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
There is however a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a
virtue.
There is however a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a
virtue.
If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
What shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in
the heart.
What shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in
the heart.
