Edmund Burke ( 10 of 111 )
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.
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.
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."
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart
Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart
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.
Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.
Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.
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
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.
