Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration

It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...

The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.

The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

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.

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the...

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the...

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason,...

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason,...

Education is the cheap defense of nations

Education is the cheap defense of nations

Poetry, with all its obscurity, has a more general as well as a more powerful...

Poetry, with all its obscurity, has a more general as well as a more powerful...

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations...

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations...

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...

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else

Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.