Some words of wisdom
which can help us in these times - SERIOUSLY!!!
EDMUND BURKE QUOTES:
Edmund Burke (1729 –
1797) was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and
philosopher, who, after moving to England, served for many years in the House
of Commons of Great Britain as a member of the Whig party.
All that is necessary for
the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
- Edmund
Burke
No one could make a
greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
- Edmund
Burke
When bad men combine, the
good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a
contemptible struggle.
- Edmund
Burke
Never despair, but if you
do, work on in despair.
- Edmund
Burke
Better be despised for too
anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.
- Edmund
Burke
What ever disunites man
from God, also disunites man from man.
- Edmund
Burke
But what is liberty without
wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is
folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
- Edmund
Burke
If you can be well
without health, you may be happy without virtue.
- Edmund
Burke
No passion so effectually
robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
- Edmund
Burke
Those who don't know
history are destined to repeat it.
- Edmund
Burke
Good order is the
foundation of all things.
- Edmund
Burke, 'Reflections on the Revolution in France,' 1790
He who wrestles with us
strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
- Edmund
Burke
We must all obey the
great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
- Edmund
Burke
A spirit of innovation is
generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not
look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
- Edmund
Burke
If we command our wealth,
we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
- Edmund
Burke
Flattery corrupts both
the receiver and the giver.
- Edmund
Burke
The most important of all
revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.
- Edmund
Burke
Sin has many tools, but a
lie is the handle which fits them all.
- Edmund
Burke
Education is the cheap
defense of nations.
- Edmund
Burke
To read without
reflecting is like eating without digesting.
- Edmund
Burke
Kings will be tyrants
from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
- Edmund
Burke
"Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all."- Edmund Burke. Personally I like this quote. Thanks for sharing like this post.
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