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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Good order is the foundation of all good things
Genuine simplicity of heart is a healing and cementing principle
General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged, now or at any time. They are always provoked
Futurity is the great concern of mankind
Frugality is founded on the principle that all riches have limits
Fraud is the ready minister of injustice
For my part, I am convinced that the method of teaching which approaches most nearly to the method of investigation is incomparably the best; since, not content with serving up a few barren and lifeless truths, it leads to the stock on which they grew
Flattery is no more than what raises in a man's mind an idea of a preference which he has not
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver; and adulation is not of more service to the people than to kings
Fellowship in treason is a bad ground of confidence
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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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