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
curiosity mind novelty
Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and curiosity blends itself, more or less, with all our pleasures.
power mind politics
Power gradually extirpates for the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
imagination understanding mind
It is from this absolute indifference and tranquillity of the mind, that mathematical speculations derive some of the most considerable advantages; because there is nothing to interest the imagination; because the judgment sits free and unbiased to examine the point. All proportions, every arrangement of quantity, is alike to the understanding, because the same truths result to it from all; from greater from lesser, from equality and inequality.
character civilization mind
Tell me what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your young peoples, and I will tell you what is to be the character of the next generation.
mind together politics
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
country mind lovely
There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
friendship mind good-company
Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
success mind criteria
The only infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar minds - success.
men mind littles
I consider how little man is, yet, in his own mind, how great. He is lord and master of all things, yet scarce can command anything.
humble men mind
Religion is for the man in humble life, and to raise his nature, and to put him in mind of a state in which the privileges of opulence will cease, when he will be equal by nature, and may be more than equal by virtue.
men mind vices
Vice incapacitates a man from all public duty; it withers the powers of his under- standing, and makes his mind paralytic.
passion men mind
Freedom without virtue is not freedom but license to pursue whatever passions prevail in the intemperate mind; man's right to freedom being in exact proportion to his willingness to put chains upon his own appetites; the less restraint from within, the more must be imposed from without.
exercise government mind
Government is the exercise of all the great qualities of the human mind.
games mind causes
By looking into physical causes our minds are opened and enlarged; and in this pursuit, whether we take or whether we lose the game, the chase is certainly of service.