Edmund Burke ( 10 of 111 )
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.
The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers read more
The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers - these are the masters of victory.
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing
I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in read more
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible
struggle.
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is
the greatest of all possible evils; for it read more
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is
the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and
madness, without tuition or restraint.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.
It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.
I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an
whole people.
I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an
whole people.
