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
despair duty
A speculative despair is unpardonable where it our duty to act.
dupes knaves invention
The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
mankind concern
Futurity is the great concern of mankind.
men ideas mind
Flattery is no more than what raises in a man's mind an idea of a preference which he has not.
art men mind
The only kind of sublimity which a painter or sculptor should aim at is to express by certain proportions and positions of limbs and features that strength and dignity of mind, and vigor and activity of body, which enables men to conceive and execute great actions.
pride men order
Turbulent, discontented men of quality, in proportion as they are puffed up with personal pride and arrogance, generally despise their own order.
pride men advice
The pride of men will not often suffer reason to have scope until it can be no longer of service.
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.
advice understanding levels
He who calls in the aid of an equal understanding doubles his own; and he who profits by a superior understanding raises his powers to a level with the height of the superior standing he unites with.
religious volcanoes factions
Old religious factions are volcanoes burnt out.
past men decision
Prejudice is of ready application in the emergency; it previously engages the mind in a steady course of wisdom and virtue, and does not leave the man hesitating in the moment of decision, skeptical, puzzled and unresolved. Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit; and not a series of unconnected acts. Through past prejudice, his duty becomes part of his nature.
virtue
All virtue which is impracticable is spurious.
men evil good-man
All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
real men design
It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.