Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke
Edmund Burkewas an Irish statesman born in Dublin, as well as an author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher who, after moving to London, served as a member of parliamentfor many years in the House of Commons with the Whig Party...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 January 1729
CountryIreland
powerful causes enthusiasm
Religion is among the most powerful causes of enthusiasm.
men misery prosperity
Men are as much blinded by the extremes of misery as by the extremes of prosperity.
arms oppression rigor
An extreme rigor is sure to arm everything against it.
childhood romance despair
I despair of ever receiving the same degree of pleasure from the most exalted performances of genius which I felt in childhood from pieces which my present judgment regards as trifling and contemptible.
heart healing simplicity
Genuine simplicity of heart is a healing and cementing principle.
religion fabric foundation
True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.
dog animal creation
Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation...
mother motherhood safety
Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
rude benefits fierce
The introduction of Christianity, which, under whatever form, always confers such inestimable benefits on mankind, soon made a sensible change in these rude and fierce manners.
book character age
Nothing ought to be more weighed than the nature of books recommended by public authority. So recommended, they soon form the character of the age.
real heart character
It is in the relaxation of security; it is in the expansion of prosperity; it is in the hour of dilatation of the heart, and of its softening into festivity and pleasure, that the real character of men is discerned.
advice understanding levels
He who calls in the aid of an equal understanding doubles his own; and he who profits by a superior understanding raises his powers to a level with the height of the superior standing he unites with.
pride men advice
The pride of men will not often suffer reason to have scope until it can be no longer of service.
pride men order
Turbulent, discontented men of quality, in proportion as they are puffed up with personal pride and arrogance, generally despise their own order.