Never despair but if you do, work on in despair.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Edmund Burke
No passion so effectually robs the mind …
No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Edmund Burke
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the c…
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Edmund Burke
Our patience will achieve more than our …
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Edmund Burke
The only infallible criterion of wisdom …
The only infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar minds — success.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Edmund Burke
The only thing necessary for the triumph…
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Edmund Burke
The true danger is when liberty is nibbl…
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Edmund Burke
The wise determine from the gravity of t…
The wise determine from the gravity of the case the irritable, from sensibility to oppression the high minded, from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Edmund Burke
There is a boundary to men’s passions wh…
There is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Edmund Burke
There is no safety for honest men but by…
There is no safety for honest men but by believing all possible evil of evil men.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Edmund Burke