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
wisdom mind stronger
The more accurately we search into the human mind, the stronger traces we everywhere find of the wisdom of Him who made it.
wicked rivals ruins
It is by bribing, not so often by being bribed, that wicked politicians bring ruin on mankind. Avarice is a rival to the pursuits of many.
congratulations risk liberty
The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.
sky soul larks
Teach me, O lark! with thee to greatly rise, to exalt my soul and lift it to the skies.
pain passion men
The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.
law giving community
In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.
country wine beer
Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco.
may unqualified faults
It is undoubtedly true, though it may seem paradoxical,--but, in general, those who are habitually employed in finding and displaying faults are unqualified for the work of reformation.
order society ornaments
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.
passion suffering rebel
A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
style language purity
Sallust is indisputably one of the best historians among the Romans, both for the purity of his language and the elegance of his style.
friendship mind good-company
Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
passion soul intuition
Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
differences sublime causes
There is a wide difference between admiration and love. The sublime, which is the cause of the former, always dwells on great objects and terrible; the latter on small ones and pleasing; we submit to what we admire, but we love what submits to us: in one case we are forced, in the other, we are flattered, into compliance.