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Calamity is man's true touchstone

Calamity is man's true touchstone

by Edmund Burke Found in: Disaster Quotes,
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He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block
itself.

He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block
itself.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Character Quotes,
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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.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Justice Quotes,
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Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Ambition Quotes,
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