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Letter "E" » Edmund Burke Quotes
«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»
«There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution but of fear»
Author: Edmund Burke
(Philosopher, Statesman)
| About:
Fear,
Prudence,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
caution, courageous, prudence, reptile, reptiles
«In all forms of government the people is the true legislator»
«The marketplace obliges men, whether they will or not, in pursuing their own selfish interests, to connect the general good with their own individual success»
«Some decent, regulated preeminence, some preference given to birth, is neither unnatural nor unjust nor impolite»
«Custom reconciles us to everything»
«It is undoubtedly the business of ministers very much to consult the inclinations of the people, but they ought to take great care that they do not receive that inclination from the few persons who may happen to approach them»
Author: Edmund Burke
(Philosopher, Statesman)
| About:
Politics
| Keywords:
consult, great care, inclination, ministers
«What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man»
«There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue»
«He that accuses all mankind of corruption ought to remember that he is sure to convict only one»
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