Edmund Burke
Ireland
12 Jan 1729 // 9 Jul 1797
Statesman / Author / Orator/ Philosopher
12 Jan 1729 // 9 Jul 1797
Statesman / Author / Orator/ Philosopher
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Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all
A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would by my standard of a statesman
No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear
They made and recorded a sort of institute and digest of anarchy, called the rights of man
There is however a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue
All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities
You can never plan the future by the past
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other
The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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