Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing

Quote by Edmund Burke

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I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one,...

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one,...

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not...

There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not...

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is...

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is...

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he...

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he...

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only...

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only...

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded;...

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded;...

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument...

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument...

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to...

Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to...

To innovate is not to reform.

To innovate is not to reform.

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.