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.
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
That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.
That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.
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.
You can never plan the future by the past.
You can never plan the future by the past.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.
Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.
